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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 93
- Scientific Name: Careya arborea Roxb
- Family: Lecythidaceae
- Common Name: Pezhu, Aalam
- പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്: പേഴ്, ആലം
- Native: Afghanistan to North West Peninsula Malaysia
- Specimen from:
- State & Region: Kerala, India
- Collected by: K. M. Bhat & K. V. Bhat
- General Characteristics: Deciduous trees, to 12 m high, bark 10-12 mm thick, brownish, rough, leaves simple, alternate, flowers bisexual, greenish-white. Fruit a berry.
- Wood Anatomy: Growth rings Indistinct .Vesseles Diffuse-porous ,Large to medium, moderately numerous, mostly solitary or in radial multiples of 2-4; mostly filled with tyloses.Rays Fine, closely spaced.
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