- Family : CAPPARACEAE
(Caper Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KARIL FAMILY (करील फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Capparaceae
- Basionym : Capparis magna Lour.
- Synonym(s) : Capparis magna Lour.; Crateva lophosperma Kurz; Crateva nurvala Buch.-Ham.; Crateva religiosa var. nurvula (Buch.-Ham.) Hook.f. & Thomson; Triclanthera corymbosa Raf.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Crateva magna (Lour.) DC.
- Common name : Three-leaved Caper, Garlic Pear Tree
- Vernacular name :
- Varuna, Barun (Hindi)
- Varuna, Barun (Oria)
- Nirvaala (Kannada)
- Maralingam (Tamil)
- Varuna (Sanskrit)
- Neermathalam, Neerval, Mavulangam (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also along river banks
- Key identification features : A medium sized tree to 10m heigh, densely foliaceous. Flowering before new leaves. Flowers white. Fruit globose, grey with powdery tomentum.
- Flower, Fruit : March-August
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district (Srikakulam district), Seeleru (Vishakapatnam district), East Godavari district (East Godavari district), West Godavari district (West Godavari district)
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Mumbai Suburban district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Puri district, Boudh district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district, Ramanathapuram district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Salem district, Tirunelveli district, Tiruchirapalli district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Bangladesh, China, Indo-China, India, Indonesia, Malesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Indo-China, India, Indonesia, Malesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crateva magna. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.
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