catappa is a good species for park and garden shade, and makes a good windbreak | Arumugam Anand, Natarajan Divya, Pannerselvam Kotti 2015 , , Pharmacognosy reviews, Issue 18, Folder 9, Page 93-98 |
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Chung Chen, Paul Milbury, Karen Lapsley And Others 1-6-2005 , , The journal of nutrition, Issue 6, Folder 135, Page 1366-1373 | Soriano Hernandez, Madrigal Perez, Galvan Salazar And Others 2015 , , Gynecologic and obstetric investigation, Issue 2, Folder 80, Page 89-92 |
catappa has a red, edible fruit, when fully ripe tasting like an almond.
Plants are susceptible to termite attack; leaves may be attacked by various insects and larvae | It prefers moist, well-drained, sandy and loamy soils, but is adapted to a wide range of substrates, including saline and alkaline sands over limestone |
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The yellowish, inconspicuous flowers with an unpleasant smell are produced on spikes |
Hadeel Ali Ghazzawi, and Khalid Al-Ismail 2017 , , Journal of Food Quality, Edited.
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