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Carallia brachiata
Also called Carallawood, Corkybark, Freshwater Mangrove, Carallia
In Singapore: Corkwood, Corky Bark, False Kelat, Maniawiga, Bongbong, Bongkok, Gandang, Ganding, Janggut Keli, Kesinga, Mesinga, Merpoi, Mersinga, Merpuing, Tengkawa, 竹节树 (Native to Singapore, Vulnerable)
Carallia brachiata is a large tropical tree in the Rhizophoraceae (mangrove family) that can reach about 25 metres, found in wet tropical forests and along freshwater and tidal edges across South and Southeast Asia and northern Australia. It is grown as a shade or landscape tree in warm, humid climates, not usually as a houseplant, and its key to growing is steady moisture and warmth.
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.
It is native to the following regions as defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions:
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carallia brachiata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
