Careya arborea ,
Family-Lecythidaceae ,
Common name-patana oak, kahata, kachaddai, කහට ,
Origin-Native ,
Habit-Small tree ,
Ecology-Patana grass W, In
Maintained for the benefit of all naturalists interested in the flora of Sri Lanka. This page is dedicated to great people who documented & brought flora of Sri Lanka to the student as well as the lay Sri Lankans over the years, namely Henry Trimen, A H G Alston & Joseph Dalton Hooker(1893-1931), Susan George Pulimood & Anna K Joshua (1941),Dorothy Fernando (1953), T B Worthington (1958), M D Dassanayaka & F R Fosberg (1980), W D Clayton (1995), Mark Ashton, Savithri Gunathilake, Neela de Zoysa, Nimal Gunathilake & Siril Wijesundara (1997) and many more….
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Plants of Sri Lanka - Trees, Shrubs & Herbs. 