Careya arborea is known as Slow Match Tree in English and Kumbhi of Sanskrit writers, and appear to have been so named on account of the hollow on the top of the fruit giving it somewhat the appearance of a water-pot. It is a deciduous tree, whose leaves turn red in the cold season and grows up to 15m high. Flowers are yellow or white in colour and are like water-pots and produce large green berries. The tree grows all over India in forests and grasslands. The bark of the tree and the calyxes of the flowers are often used for curing coughs and colds. Found throughout the State in the moister part, and in the ravines and valleys. It is abundant in Eturnagaram, Pasra, Tadvai forests of Warangal District. It is identified by leaves turning red in the cold season, dark grey thick bark and large showy flowers. Wild pigs are very fond of the bark, and it is used by hunters to attract them.
