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
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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.
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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