• Family : RHIZOPHORACEAE
  (MANGROVE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Rhizophoraceae
• Species : Carallia brachiata
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr.
• Vernacular name : Kierpa (Hin.); Andamuria, Andepunar (Kan.); Kaaralli, Kaarvalli, Gijuru chettu (Tel.); Manj (Ori.)
• Key identification features : A moderate-sized to large evergreen tree often found along mangrove swamps. Bark is dark-grey and smooth on old stem. Leaves are simple, obovate and large, with an entire margin, lateral veins are close and parallel. Calyx is 8 lobed, petals are orbicular, 2- fid, lacerate and clawed. Stamens are 16, filaments are fleshy, dilated. Fruit is a one-seeded berry. Fleshy and edible fruits.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : December-May
• Comments : A littoral species. Reported by Gamble, from Kadapa Hills.
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Distribution Locality : Kadapa district, Chittoor district (Andhra pradesh State); Angul district, Sambalpur district, Khajuria Forest, Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Nayagarh district, Sundargarh district, Keonjhar district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, South-East Asia, Australia
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Gamble, J.S., Flora of Madras Presidency. 1918.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Carallia brachiata. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.

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