Carallia brachiata

{{Short description|Tree in the family Rhizophoraceae}}

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| image = Carallia brachiata.jpg

| image_caption = Carallia brachiata

| genus = Carallia

| species = brachiata

| authority = (Lour.) Merr.

|synonyms =

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  • Barraldeia madagascariensis {{small|Spreng.}}
  • Bruguiera nemorosa {{small|Blanco}}
  • Carallia arguta {{small|Koord. & Valeton}}
  • Carallia baraldeia {{small|Arn.}}
  • Carallia celebica {{small|Blume}}
  • Carallia cerisopsitolia {{small|Miq.}}
  • Carallia ceylanica {{small|Arn.}}
  • Carallia confinis {{small|Blume}}
  • Carallia confinis var. latifolia {{small|Miq.}}
  • Carallia confinis var. oxyodon {{small|Miq.}}
  • Carallia confinis var. pauciflora {{small|Blume}}
  • Carallia corymbosa {{small|Arn.}}
  • Carallia cuprea {{small|Ridl.}}
  • Carallia cuspidata {{small|Blume}}
  • Carallia densiflora {{small|Griff.}}
  • Carallia floribunda {{small|Miq.}}
  • Carallia integerrima {{small|DC.}}
  • Carallia integrifolia {{small|J.Graham}}
  • Carallia lanceifolia {{small|Roxb.}}
  • Carallia lanceolaria {{small|Wall. [Invalid]}}
  • Carallia lucida {{small|Roxb.}}
  • Carallia madagascariensis {{small|(DC.) Tul.}}
  • Carallia multiflora {{small|Blume}}
  • Carallia multiflora {{small|Miq. [Illegitimate]}}
  • Carallia obcordata {{small|Wight ex Walp.}}
  • Carallia octopetala {{small|F.Muell. ex Benth.}}
  • Carallia scortechinii {{small|King}}
  • Carallia sinensis {{small|Arn.}}
  • Carallia spinulosa {{small|Ridl.}}
  • Carallia symmetria {{small|Blume}}
  • Carallia timorensis {{small|Blume}}
  • Carallia viridiflora {{small|Ridl.}}
  • Carallia zeylanica {{small|Arn.}}
  • Demidofia nodosa {{small|Dennst.}}
  • Diatoma brachiata {{small|Lour.}}
  • Karekandelia brachiata {{small|(Lour.) Kuntze}}
  • Karekandelia calycina {{small|Kuntze}}
  • Karekandelia celebica {{small|Kuntze}}
  • Karekandelia confinis {{small|Kuntze}}
  • Karekandelia cuspidata {{small|Kuntze}}
  • Karekandelia lanceifolia {{small|Kuntze}}
  • Karekandelia multiflora {{small|Kuntze}}
  • Eugenia cupulifera {{small|H.Perrier}}
  • Petalotoma brachiata {{small|(Lour.) DC.}}
  • Pootia cereopsifolia {{small|Miq. ex Benth.}}
  • Stalagmitis lamponga {{small|Miq.}}
  • Symmetria obovata {{small|Blume}}

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| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:719554-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=21 March 2025}}

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Carallia brachiata is a large tree in the family Rhizophoraceae, that grows to a height of {{convert|25|metres}} and is found from Australia, through South East Asia to the Western Ghats.{{cite web|url=http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/carabrac/carabrac_en.html|title=Carallia brachiata - RHIZOPHORACEAE|publisher=}} It is the host plant of the moth Dysphania percota in India and Dysphania numana in Australia.

Gallery

File:Carallia brachiata - വങ്കണ 01.JPG|Tree trunk

File:Carallia brachiata bark.jpg|Bark

File:Carallia brachiata - വങ്കണ 02.JPG|Opposite leaves

File:Carallia brachiata flowers at Mayyil (5).jpg|Underside of leaves

File:Carallia brachiata 12.JPG|Inflorescence

File:Carallia brachiata flowers at Mayyil (6).jpg|Flower

File:Dysphania percota on a carallia brachiata leaf.jpg|Dysphania percota caterpillar on twig

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