• Source: Careya arborea

Careya arborea is a species of tree in the Lecythidaceae family, native to the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Indochina. Its common English names include wild guava, Ceylon oak, patana oak. Careya arborea is a deciduous tree that grows up to 15 metres (49 ft) high. Its leaves turn red in the cold season. Flowers are yellow or white in colour that become large green berries. The tree grows throughout India in forests and grasslands.




Common names



Assamese: Godhajam কুম Kum, kumari, কুম্ভী kumbhi
Bengali: Vakamba, Kumhi, Kumbhi
Burmese: ban bwe (ဘန့်ပွေး)
Garo: Dimbil bol
Hindi: कुम्भी Kumbhi
Kannada: ಅಲಗವ್ವೆಲೆ alagavvele, ದದ್ದಾಲ daddal, ಕವಲು Koulu mara, ಗೌಜಲು Gaujal
Khasi: Ka Mahir, Soh Kundur
Khmer: Kandaol (កណ្ដោល)
Malayalam: പേഴ് Peezh, Peelam, Pela, Paer, Alam
Marathi: कुम्भा Kumbha
Oriya: Kumbh
Sanskrit: Bhadrendrani, गिरिकर्णिका Girikarnika, Kaidarya, कालिंदी Kalindi
Sinhala: Kahata
Tamil: பேழை Peezhai, Aima, Karekku, Puta-tanni-maram
Telugu: araya, budatadadimma, budatanevadi, buddaburija
Thai: kradone (กระโดน)
Vietnamese: Vừng (sometimes Vừng xoan)




Uses


In colonial times in India, the fibrous bark of this tree was found to be an ideal substitute for beech bark as matches for matchlocks.
The Careya arborea leaves are traditionally used to roll cheroots in Myanmar (Burma). The town of Pyay (formerly Prome) is known for a local delicacy known as taw laphet (တောလက်ဖက်; lit. 'rural laphet') or Nibbinda laphet (နိဗ္ဗိန္ဒလက်ဖက်) that is tightly packed in parcel-like Careya arborea leaves for fermentation and preservation purposes.
Flowers and young leaves are eaten as salad greens in Thailand. Young fruit is reported to be edible, though seeds are slightly poisonous.




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See also


Pīlu




References






External links


Agroforestry Tree Database
Data related to Careya arborea at Wikispecies
Media related to Careya arborea at Wikimedia Commons

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