Carallia brachiata Merrill
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view showing exine and apertural characters in three foci (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21898
Code
carabrac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view showing exine and apertural characters in three foci (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21898
Code
carabrac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view showing exine and apertural characters in three foci (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21898
Code
carabrac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: Intercolpium
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21898
Code
carabrac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: three foci (Figs. 5-7)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21898
Code
carabrac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: three foci (Figs. 5-7)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21898
Code
carabrac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License

Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: three foci (Figs. 5-7)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21898
Code
carabrac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Polar view: exine surface in high focus and optical section (Figs. 8-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21898
Code
carabrac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Polar view: exine surface in high focus and optical section (Figs. 8-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21898
Code
carabrac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Synonyms
Carallia integerrima DC.
Key
pollen_000024
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Mathew Dan-4097
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
carabrac
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21898
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Roxb.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, spheroidal, to elliptic in equatorial_view, circular in polar_view.
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 11-15 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 9-12 µm.
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus: narrowly elliptic, protruding at the oral region, colpus apex acute, aperture_membrane psilate, distance between the adjacent colpal apices ±5.0 µm, margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi present; Os: apparently rectangular, lalongate, lateral ends wavy or irregular or tending to be synorate, oral_costae absent.
Exine
Psilate, tectate, infratectum faintly columellate (TEM in Vezey, E.L., Shah, V.P., Skvarla, J.J. & Raven, P.H. 1988: fig. 44), exine thickness: at poles ±1.0 µm; at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±1.0 µm.
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Carallia type.
References (Generic Palynology)
LM (micrographs) of Carallia brachiata in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994). SEM & TEM (micrographs) of Carallia brachiata and C. eugenoides in Vezey, E.L., Shah, V.P., Skvarla, J.J. & Raven, P.H. (1988).
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Palode Medicinal Garden, Tropical Botanical Garden
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large tree common in wet deciduous and semi-evergreen forests up to 1300m. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 317.Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: p. 325 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Continental Asia to North Australia. Deccan Cuddappah, Kambakkam Hill in Chinglepet; West Coast and Western Ghats
Distribution of Genus
10 spp., Madagascar, Indomal., North Australia (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 2 species in Flora of Madras: p. 325 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Carallia brachiata Merrill,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 2nd 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461778