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Crateva
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Part of speech | noun
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Explanations in English | Pantropical genus with 10 species; 4 to 6 endemic Malagasy subspecies.
Crateva is distributed in humid evergreen forest, as well as dry deciduous
forest from sea level to 1,500 m elevation. It can be recognized by
its large flowers with free sepals and distinctly clawed
petals much longer than the sepals, and large, fleshy to woody,
globose to ellipsoid fruits. [2.515]
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Local names |
Crateva excelsa | | alakamisy, ampody, ampoly, hazomalany, mafanankelika, matahotrantsy, teloravy, tohibarinasity, tongotrakoho, voampoana |
Crateva greveana | | boramena, hazoampasy, keleoñy, kelihony, keliony, kipipika, manarotoloho, mangilakelika, mangily, salobe, teloravina, teloravy, tongotrakoho, tsilehibeko |
Crateva obovata | | tangena, vodiaomby, vodiomby |
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Vocabulary |
Analogs |
alakamisy |
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