Careya arborea
Content
Description
Small trees, to 12 m high;
Leaves:
Inflorescences terminal spikes, 8-15 cm long;
Flowers sessile or subsessile;
Fruits ovoid-globose, to 5-6 cm long by c. 5 cm wide, crowned by persistent adpressed sepals, c. 1 cm long.
Seeds numerous.
Distribution
Afghanistan present, Andaman Islands present, Asia-Tropical: India present; Laos (Laos present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Thailand (Thailand present), Myanmar present
Afghanistan, Andaman Islands, through India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos; in Malesia: Peninsular Malaysia, where generally cultivated.
Citation
Buch.-Ham. 1827 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc. London: 97
Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 494
Wight 1841: p. 20. – In: Ill. Ind. Bot.: pl. 99-100
Thwaites 1849: Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 119
DC. 1834 – In: Prodr.: 295
R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 51
Wight & Arn. 1834 – In: Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient.: 334
Miers 1875 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot.: 97
Ridl. 1922: Fl. Malay Penins.: 760
Leti et al. 2013: Fl. Photogr. Cambodge: 325
Roxb. 1814: Hort. Bengal.: 52
Whitmore 1973 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 264
Kurz 1877 – In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 71
C.B.Clarke 1879 – In: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 511