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Sacred Garlic Pear

Crateva adansonii

Sacred Garlic Pear
Photo: Marco Schmidt[1], CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Capparaceae (Cappar family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Trop. Africa
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Crateva adansonii is a species of small tree in the family Capparaceae. It is widely distributed in Africa and Asia and may be called the "sacred barna" in India or bún trái đỏ (mắt núi) in Vietnam.

Other Crateva plants

Three Leaf Caper · Sacred garlic pear · Garlic Pear · Crateva

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crateva adansonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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