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[[File:Carallia brachiata wood rarewoods.jpg|thumb|wood obtained from ([http://www.rarewoodsandveneers.com/ Carlton McLendon, Inc.])]]
[[File:Carallia brachiata transverse M.E. Bakker Insidewood.jpg|thumb|wood in transverse section]]
[[File:Carallia brachiata tangential M.E. Bakker Insidewood.jpg|thumb|wood in tangential section]]
== Synonyms ==
*''Carallia madagascariensis'' (DC.) Tul. (1856).
== Vernacular names ==
*Corkwood, corkybark, maniawiga (En).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
== Description ==
*Shrub or small tree up to 15 m tall (sometimes up to 50 m in tropical Asia); bole up to 40(–70) cm in diameter, occasionally with small buttresses; bark surface smooth to finely cracking or shallowly to deeply fissured; branches ascending-erect, slightly thickened at nodes. *Leaves decussately opposite, simple; stipules lanceolate, up to 2 cm long, early caducous; petiole up to 1 cm long; blade narrowly obovate to elliptical, 5–10(–15) cm × 2–5(–10) cm, cuneate at base, acute or shortly acuminate at apex, margin revolute, entire or sometimes slightly toothed, leathery, glabrous, with black dots below, with many lateral veins. *Inflorescence an axillary condensed cyme, distinctly resinous. *Flowers bisexual, regular, (4–)5(–8)-merous, small, up to 2.5 mm in diameter, sessile; calyx shortly cup-shaped with triangular, thick lobes; petals free, clawed at base, laciniate at margins; disk annular; stamens twice the number of petals, free; ovary semi-inferior, 5(–8)-celled, style thick, stigma headlike, obscurely lobed. *Fruit a globose, fleshy berry up to 7 mm in diameter, pink to red when ripe, several-seeded. *Seedling with epigeal germination; hypocotyl elongated; cotyledons leafy, green.
== Other botanical information ==
== Author(s) ==
* R.H.M.J. Lemmens , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
Lemmens, R.H.M.J., 2005. '''Carallia brachiata''' (Lour.) Merr. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Louppe, D., Oteng-Amoako, A.A. & Brink, M. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
