Callerya atropurpurea (Wall.) Schot

Species

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Characteristics

An evergreen tree. It grows 20 m tall. The bark is smooth. The leaves are compound and there are 3-5 opposite pairs of leaflets. The flowers are purple and in dense groups at the ends of branches. The fruit is a pod. There are 1-3 seeds. The seeds are 5 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 22.5
Root system -
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Flower color -
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Open country. Evergreen forest, or felled, disturbed, or strongly cut-out forest or along roadsides, on (steep) hillsides; at elevations up to 1,200 metres. Poor, stony, laterite soils.
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A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forest.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are used in chutneys. The tender leaves are eaten. The fruit are steamed and eaten.
Uses food fuel material medicinal ornamental poison wood
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Swelling (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Callerya atropurpurea leaf picture by Adeline Lee (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Callerya atropurpurea world distribution map, present in Indonesia, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:979776-1
WFO ID wfo-0001252653
COL ID 6TJ3C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Adinobotrys atropurpureus Padbruggea atropurpurea Whitfordiodendron pubescens Pongamia atropurpurea Adinobotrys atropurpurea Padbruggea pubescens Whitfordiodendron atropurpureum Millettia paniculata Pongamia glandulosa Phaseoloides atropurpurea Millettia atropurpurea Whitfordiodendron atropurpurea Callerya atropurpurea Millettia atropurpurea Robinia megasperma Callerya atropurpurea var. pubescens