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Family: Capparaceae	Genus: Crateva	Species: Crateva adansonii DC. ( वरुण, बरनी, बरुना )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Crateva guineensis Schumach. & Thonn., Crateva laeta DC.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Garlic pear tree, Caper tree, Barna	Flower Type	Corymb
English / Trade Name	Garlic pear tree, Caper tree, Three-leaf caper, Obtuse Leaf Crateva	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Barna, Barni	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Up to 1500 m.	Fruit Type	Berry
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit ovoid or rounded, with hard and rough rind; seeds 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 Haryana	Ambala, Morni-Pinjore	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	A small deciduous tree. Bark grey, smooth horizontally wrinkled. Leaves trifoliate, clustered at the ends of branchlets. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate or ovate and pointed at the base, with a rather slender point at the tip. Flowers white, or cream in many flowered terminal corymbs; petals ovate or oblong, with the claw half as long as limb. Fruit ovoid or rounded, and 3 to 5 centimeters in diameters, with hard and rough rind; seeds, kidney-shaped, and embedded in a yellow pulp.	Leaf Details	Leaves trifoliate, clustered at the ends of branchlets. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate or ovate and pointed at the base, with a rather slender point at the tip.

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