''Carrierea calycina'' is a species of
tree
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in the
willow family. It is native to
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. Common names include goat horn tree in
English
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* English language
* English people
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and ''yang jiao shu'' in
Mandarin
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Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
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.
[Wharton, P. (2007)]
''Carrierea calycina'', the goat horn tree - a two part account of its history in western cultivation and recent reintroduction.
''Davidsonia'' 18(2):56-73.
References
External links
UBC Botany Photo of the Day
Salicaceae
Trees of China
Taxa named by Adrien René Franchet
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