kids encyclopedia robot

Careya arborea facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Quick facts for kids
Careya arborea
Careya arborea.jpg
Careya arborea
Scientific classification
Synonyms
  • Barringtonia arborea (Roxb.) F.Muell.
  • Careya sphaerica Roxb.
  • Cumbia coneanae Buch.-Ham.
  • Careya venenata Oken
  • Careya orbiculata Miers

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

Careya arborea 2
Careya arborea
  • Assamese - Godhajam কুম Kum, kumari, কুম্ভী kumbhi
  • Bengali - Vakamba, Kumhi, Kumbhi
  • Burmese - ban bwe (ဘန့်ပွေး)
  • Garo - Dimbil bol
  • Hindi - कुम्भी Kumbhi
  • Kannada - alagavvele, daddal, Koulu mara
  • 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.

Gallery

  • Careya arborea (Wild guava)fruit in Narsapur forest, AP W IMG 0148

    Fruit in Narsapur, Medak district, India.

  • Careya arborea (Wild guava) leaves in Narsapur forest, AP W IMG 0153

    Fruit with leaves in Narsapur, Medak district, India.

  • Careya arborea (Wild guava) leaves in Narsapur forest, AP W IMG 0150

    Leaves in Narsapur, Medak district, India.

  • Careya arborea (Wild guava) in Narsapur forest, AP W IMG 0152

    Trunk in Narsapur, Medak district, India.

  • Grey Count (Tanaecia lepidea) caterpillar on Careya arborea W IMG 2390

    Grey Count Tanaecia lepidea caterpillar on Careya arborea sapling in Goa, India.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Careya arborea para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Careya arborea Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.