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Family: Capparaceae	Genus: Crateva	Species: Crataeva adansonii subsp. Odora

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Crateva odora Buch.-Ham., Crateva roxburghii R. Br., Crateva tapia subsp. odora (Buch.-Ham.) S.M. Almeida	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Garlic pear tree	Flower Type	Corymb
English / Trade Name	Obtuse Leaf Crateva, Garlic pear tree	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Barna, Barni	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Upto 800 m	Fruit Type	Berry
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	The fruit is ovoid or rounded, and 3 to 5 centimeters in diameters, with hard and rough rind. The seeds are about 10 centimeters in length, numerous, kidney-shaped, and embedded in a yellow pulp.
Habitat	Dry deciduous forests	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	South Asia	Bark Details	Bark grey, smooth horizontally wrinkled.
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Patiala-ki-Rao Reserved Forest, Sector 29, Sector 38, Sector 39, Sector 46, Sector 56	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	A moderate sized deciduous tree found throughout India, especially along the river banks. Bark grey, smooth horizontally wrinkled. Leaves trifoliate. Flowers white, or cream in many flowered terminal corymbs. The bark is grey, and the wood is yellowish-white, turning light-brown when old. The leaves are clustered at the ends of branchlets, with a common petiole 5 to 10 centimeters long, at the summit of which are tree leaflets. The leaflets are ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 7.5 to 12 centimeters long, 4 to 6 centimeters wide, and pointed at the base, with a rather slender point at the tip. The flowers occur in terminal corymbs, are about 5 centimeters in diameter, greenish-yellow, and the stamens are purplish. The petals are ovate or oblong, with the claw half as long as limb. The fruit is ovoid or rounded, and 3 to 5 centimeters in diameters, with hard and rough rind. The seeds are about 10 centimeters in length, numerous, kidney-shaped, and embedded in a yellow pulp.	Leaf Details	Leaves trifoliate.The leaves are clustered at the ends of branchlets, with a common petiole 5 to 10 centimeters long, at the summit of which are tree leaflets. The leaflets are ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 7.5 to 12 centimeters long, 4 to 6 centimeters wide, and pointed at the base, with a rather slender point at the tip

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