Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr., Rhizophoraceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Evaluate, score: 3 (Go to the risk assessment)

Other Latin names:  Diatoma brachiata Lour.; Petalotoma brachiata (Lour.) DC.

Habit:  tree

Description:  "Trees to 10 m tall. Branches brown, corky. Stipules 1-2.5 cm. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade elliptic, obovate, oblanceolate, or rarely suborbicular, 5-15 x 2-10 cm, papery to thinly leathery, base cuneate, margin entire, serrate, or denticulate, apex acute to shortly acuminate. Inflorescences 1-6 cm, often resinous, usually shining from secreted resin. Flowers shortly pedicellate or sessile; bracteoles 2 or 3, partially connate into a cup. Calyx lobes 6 or 7, deltoid, 3-4 mm. Petals white, suborbiculate, ca. 1.5 mm in diameter, apically emarginate and unevenly lacerate. Stamens ca. 2 mm. Ovary bulbous, ca. 2 mm; style ca. 2 mm; stigma discoid, apically 4-8-lobed. Fruit pink to red globose, ca. 5 mm in diam., glossy. Seeds reniform"  (Flora of China online).

Habitat/ecology:  In its native range in China, "evergreen forests, thickets, swamps; near sea level to 900 m"  (Flora of China online).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  (native range not known by PIER)

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1983) (voucher ID: BISH 443578) Taxon name on voucher: Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr.
New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) New Guinea Island	New Guinea Island		Harvard University (2007)
Philippines Philippine Islands	Philippine Islands		Harvard University (2007)

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Australia Australia (continental)	Australia (continental)		Harvard University (2007)
Cambodia Cambodia	Cambodia (Kingdom of)		Harvard University (2007)
China China	China (People's Republic of)	native	Harvard University (2007)
Indonesia Indonesia	Indonesia (Republic of)		Harvard University (2007)
Malaysia Malaysia	Malaysia (country of)		Harvard University (2007)
Thailand Thailand	Thailand (Kingdom of)		Harvard University (2007)
Vietnam Vietnam	Vietnam (Socialist Republic of)		Harvard University (2007)

Additional information:
Fact sheet from PNGTreesKey.

Additional online information about Carallia brachiata is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Carallia brachiata as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Carallia brachiata may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Other Latin names:  Diatoma brachiata Lour.; Petalotoma brachiata (Lour.) DC.

References:

Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.). 1983. Voucher specimen #BISH443578(Wagner, W.L. 4799).

Harvard University. 2007. Flora of China (online resource).