Crateva adansonii subsp. odora
(Buch.-Ham.) Jacobs
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Fruit
The fruit and leaves are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the lower Himalayas and up to 600 m above sea level.
Asia, Himalayas, India, Pakistan,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A shrub or tree. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oval or sword shaped. The central leaflet is largest. The flowers are pale yellow and in groups of 10-25 flowers. The fruit are round and orange-yellow or reddish-brown.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Crateva adansonii is a species of small tree in the family Capparaceae. It is widely distributed in Africa and Asia and may be called the "sacred barna" in India or bún trái đỏ (mắt núi) in Vietnam.
Other Information
It is cultivated.
Names & Synonyms
Barna
Crateva odora Buch.-Ham.Crateva roxburghii R. Br.Crateva tapia subsp. odora (Buch.-Ham.) S. M. AlmeidaCrateva tumulorum Miq.
References (3)
- Food Composition Tables for use in East Asia FAO http://www.fao.org/infoods/directory No. 480 (As Crateva roxburghii)
- Khan, D. & Shaukat, S.S., 2006, The Fruits of Pakistan: Diversity, Distribution, Trends of Production and Use. Int. J. Biol. Biotech., 3(3):463-499
- Upreti, K., et al, 2010, Diversity and Distribution of Wild Edible Fruit Plants of Uttarakhand. Bioversity Potentials of the Himalaya. p 168
