Carallia brachiata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhizophoraceae. This large tree grows to a height of 25 metres (82 ft) and is found from Australia, through South East Asia to the Western Ghats. It is the host plant of the moth Dysphania percota in India and Dysphania numana in Australia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Carallia being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Guapira fragrans
- Garcinia warrenii
- Garcinia oblongifolia
- Garcinia linii
- Eugenia brasiliensis
- Triflorensia cameronii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Rhizophoraceae
- Genus
- Carallia
- Species
- Carallia brachiata
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