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Useful Tropical Plants

Carallia brachiata

(Lour.) Merr.

Rhizophoraceae

+ Synonyms

Barraldeia madagascariensis DC.

Barraldeia madagascariensis Spreng.

Carallia arguta Koord. & Valeton

Carallia baraldeia Arn.

Carallia barraldeia Wight & Arn.

Carallia calycina Benth.

Carallia celebica Blume

Carallia cerisopsitolia Miq.

Carallia ceylanica Arn.

Carallia confinis Blume

Carallia corymbosa Arn.

Carallia cuprea Ridl.

Carallia cuspidata Blume

Carallia densiflora Griff.

Carallia diplopetala Hand.-Mazz.

Carallia floribunda Miq.

Carallia integerrima DC.

Carallia integrifolia J.Graham

Carallia lanceifolia Roxb.

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.

Diatoma brachiata Lour.

Eugenia cupulifera H.Perrier

Petalotoma brachiata (Lour.) DC.

Symmetria obovata Blume

Common Name:

Carallia brachiata
Shrubby form of the plant
Photograph by: Fagg, M.
Image credit to Australian National Botanic Gardens
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General Information

Carallia calycina is an evergreen tree. It can vary considerably in height, reaching 15 metres in locations such as China and Madagascar, but up to 50 metres in the humid forests of southeast Asia[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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701
Title
Asean Tropical Plant Database
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http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp
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Description
Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range.
]. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 25 - 70cm in diameter, occasionally with small buttresses and or aerial roots[
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404
Title
Digital Compendium of Forestry Species of Cambodia
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.digitalspecies.blogspot.com
Publisher
www.digitalspecies.blogspot.com; Phnom Penh
Year
2008
ISBN
 
Description
A very detailed booklet, produced in PDF format on the internet, giving information on around 100 species of trees.
,
701
Title
Asean Tropical Plant Database
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp
Publisher
 
Year
 
ISBN
 
Description
Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range.
].
The tree is harvested from the wild for its timber. Specimens are usually are too scattered and too small to be of great importance for timber, but small amounts of timber are exported from areas such as Borneo and Papua New Guinea where the tree grows larger[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
]. Ornamental cultivars have been developed that are particularly suited to planting along roads and close to buildings[
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].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

266
Title
Flora of China
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
Publisher
Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
Year
1994
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
,
388
Title
Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea
Publication
 
Author
Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q.
Website
http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea.

Range

Africa - Madagascar; E. Asia - southern China, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, through Indo-China and SE Asia to Australia and Solomon Islands

Habitat

Lowland wet evergreen forest in Sri Lanka and Madagascar, at elevations up to 1,500 metres[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
,
338
Title
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Website
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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Year
0
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Description
A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
]. A large canopy tree in New Guinean rainforests[
388
Title
Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea
Publication
 
Author
Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q.
Website
http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea.
].

Properties

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HabitEvergreen Tree
Height15.00 m
Cultivation StatusOrnamental, Wild

Cultivation Details


Older plants grow well in an open position, but younger plants are more tolerant of shade and dislike too much sun[
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]. Tolerant of wet soils and standing water[
404
Title
Digital Compendium of Forestry Species of Cambodia
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.digitalspecies.blogspot.com
Publisher
www.digitalspecies.blogspot.com; Phnom Penh
Year
2008
ISBN
 
Description
A very detailed booklet, produced in PDF format on the internet, giving information on around 100 species of trees.
]. Young plants are sensitive to drought[
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Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Initial growth of young plants is slow, with seedlings only growing up to 35cm tall after 2 years, and up to 2.5 metres after 5 years[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
]. However, seedlings of columnar ornamental cultivars may reach 60cm tall in 10 months[
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Growth is monopodial and trees flower and fruit abundantly in mast fruiting years, but individual trees may flower less profusely in other years as well[
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Trees coppice well and reproduce freely from root suckers[
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Edible Uses

Fruit - raw[
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]. A pleasant, sweet-acid flavour[
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]. The fruit is a globose, fleshy, pink to red berry up to 7mm in diameter, with several seeds[
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].

Medicinal

The juice from the macerated leaves is used in the treatment of fevers[
404
Title
Digital Compendium of Forestry Species of Cambodia
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.digitalspecies.blogspot.com
Publisher
www.digitalspecies.blogspot.com; Phnom Penh
Year
2008
ISBN
 
Description
A very detailed booklet, produced in PDF format on the internet, giving information on around 100 species of trees.
]

The pulverized bark is rubbed on the body in the treatment of smallpox[
404
Title
Digital Compendium of Forestry Species of Cambodia
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.digitalspecies.blogspot.com
Publisher
www.digitalspecies.blogspot.com; Phnom Penh
Year
2008
ISBN
 
Description
A very detailed booklet, produced in PDF format on the internet, giving information on around 100 species of trees.
].

The leaves and bark are used in local medicine to treat septic poisoning and itch[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Agroforestry Uses:

Plants growing in China have been found to be quite resistant to heavily polluted environments[
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]. This makes the plant a good candidate for use in reforestation and reclamation schemes on degraded and heavily polluted land[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
].

Other Uses

The heartwood is yellowish brown to reddish brown; it is indistinctly to moderately distinctly demarcated from the paler sapwood[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
]. The grain is straight, interlocked or slightly wavy, texture coarse and uneven. The wood is of medium weight; strong; durable under cover, but durability in contact with the ground or when exposed to the weather is moderate to poor; it is prone to termite and marine borer attack[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
]. Easy to saw and plane, the beautifully marbled wood takes a fine polish and is suitable for general construction, house building, posts, cabinet work, furniture, parquet flooring, railway sleepers, musical instruments, tool handles, picture frames, veneer, interior finish and panelling, pallets and packing material[
46
Title
Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
 
Author
Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher
Weinheim
Year
1959
ISBN
-
Description
An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
,
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Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
].
Due to its high energy value the wood yields good-quality fuel wood and charcoal[
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Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
].

Propagation

Seed - of limited viability, it is best sown as soon as it is ripe[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
]. Sown fresh, 45 - 100% of the seed can be expected to germinate within 4 - 15 weeks[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
]. Seedlings may be kept in the nursery for 2 years before being planted out in the field[
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Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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http://www.prota.org
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
].
Techniques for rapid multiplication by terminal branch cuttings have been developed in India; they include treatments with a fungicide and growth hormones[
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Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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