Careya arborea Roxb.
Careya arborea is a decidous 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.
- Family: Lecythidaceae
- Habit: Tree
- Habitat: native to the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Indochina.
- Status : Common
Vernacular names
Malayalam-peezhu
English-wild guava
-Ceylon oak
-patana oak
Medicinal Uses
Traditionally used in the treatment of tumours, bronchitis, skin disease, epileptic fits, astringents, antidote to snake-venom, abscesses, boil and ulcer
