- Family : RHIZOPHORACEAE
(Mangrove Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SADABAHAR FAMILY (सदाबहार फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rhizophoraceae
- Synonym(s) : Diatoma brachiata Lour.; Karekandelia brachiata (Lour.) Kuntze; Petalotoma brachiata (Lour.) DC.; Pootia cereopsifolia Miq. ex Benth.; Stalagmitis lamponga Miq.; Eugenia cupulifera H.Perrier; Baraultia madagascariensis (DC.) Steud. ex Spreng.; Barraldeia madagascariensis DC.; Bruguiera nemorosa Blanco; Carallia arguta Koord. & Valeton; Carallia baraldeia Arn.; Carallia celebica Blume; Carallia cerisopsitolia Miq.; Carallia ceylanica Arn.; Carallia confinis Blume; Carallia confinis var. latifolia Miq.; Carallia confinis var. oxyodon Miq.; Carallia confinis var. pauciflora Blume; Carallia corymbosa Arn.; Carallia cuprea Ridl.; Carallia cuspidata Blume; Carallia densiflora Griff.; Carallia floribunda Miq.; Carallia integerrima DC.; Carallia integrifolia J.Graham; Carallia lanceifolia Roxb. ex DC.; Carallia lanceolaria Wall.; Carallia lucida Roxb.; Carallia madagascariensis (DC.) Tul.; Carallia multiflora Blume; Carallia multiflora Miq.; Carallia obcordata Wight ex Walp.; Carallia octopetala F.Muell. ex Benth.; Carallia scortechinii King; Carallia sinensis Arn.; Carallia spinulosa Ridl.; Carallia symmetria Blume; Carallia timorensis Blume; Carallia viridiflora Ridl.; Carallia zeylanica Arn.; Demidofia nodosa Dennst.; Karekandelia calycina Kuntze; Karekandelia celebica Kuntze; Karekandelia confinis Kuntze; Karekandelia cuspidata Kuntze; Karekandelia lanceifolia Kuntze; Karekandelia multiflora Kuntze; Symmetria obovata Blume
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr.
- Vernacular name :
- Kierpa (Hindi)
- Andamuria, Andepunar (Kannada)
- Kaaralli, Kaarvalli, Gijuru chettu (Telugu)
- Manj, Karalli (Oria)
- Vallabham, vankan, varanga, varrungu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, plains and mangrove littoral
- Comments / notes : Gamble (l.c) reports its occurrence from Kadapa hills, but this was reported neither by Ellis (1987) nor by Madusudana Rao (1989) during their Floristic Studies on Kadapa district. There is one old collection (MH, 19843) from Kadapa hills without name, date and exact locality. This finding indicates that the above collections might be from Seshachalam hills which combines both Kadapa and Chittoor districts
- Flower, Fruit : October-May
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Northern Circars
- Karnataka : Hassan district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Angul district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Sambalpur district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Islands, S
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 165
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carallia brachiata. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.
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