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Celtis tetrandra Roxb.

Accepted
Venation
Venation
Lamina shape
Lamina shape
Bark cut
Bark cut
Bark
Bark
Habit
Habit
Branches
Branches
Leaf upper side
Leaf upper side
Leaf lower side
Leaf lower side
Fruit cut
Fruit cut
Leaf apex
Leaf apex
Fruiting branch
Fruiting branch
Fruit insertion
Fruit insertion
Petiole and leaf insertion
Petiole and leaf insertion
Celtis tetrandra Roxb.
Venation
Lamina shape
Bark cut
Bark
Habit
Branches
Leaf upper side
Leaf lower side
Fruit cut
Leaf apex
Fruiting branch
Fruit insertion
Petiole and leaf insertion
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCeltis acuta Buch.-Ham.
synonymCeltis fengqingensis Hu ex E.W. Ma
synonymCeltis formosana Hayata
synonymCeltis glabra Planch.
synonymCeltis hamiltonii Planch.
synonymCeltis kunmingensis Cheng & Hong
synonymCeltis mollis Wall.
synonymCeltis napalensis Planch.
synonymCeltis roxburghii Planch.
synonymCeltis salvatiana C. K. Schneid.
synonymCeltis serotina Planch.
synonymCeltis sinensis var. tetrandra (Roxb.) F.Y.Lu, C.H.Ou, Y.C.Chen, Y.S.Chi, K.C.Lu & Y.H.Tseng
synonymCeltis tetrandra f. hamiltonii Hook.
synonymCeltis tetrandra f. mollis (Planch.) Hook.
synonymCeltis tetrandra f. pendula Y.Q.Zhu
synonymCeltis trinervia Roxb.
synonymCeltis wallichii Steud.
synonymCeltis xizangensis E.W. Ma
synonymCeltis yunnanensis C. K. Schneid.
synonymSponia tetrandra (Roxb.) Voigt
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Hukotia
  • Mirihukuta
  • Mirisokota
  • Nuni-bhola
English
  • Nilgiri Elm
Kannada
  • Aduva
Malayalam
  • Karukkuyyan
  • Kuyyamaram
  • Oma
  • Poochakkurumaram
Other
  • Ada
  • Eastern Nettle Tree
  • Kadalai
  • Kallai
  • Kona
  • Kuviya
  • Kuyyamaram
  • Oma
  • Poochakkurrumaram
Tamil
  • Kuriyaa
  • Kuviya
  • Murungan
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Tree
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: Tree
    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Trees, to 30 m high, bark 0.6 cm, smooth, grey, lenticellate, wrinkled horizontally; blaze yellow; branchlets slender, pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules linear-lanceolate, lateral, free; petiole 3-10 mm, slender, pubescent, shallowly grooved above; lamina 5-14 x 2.5-7 cm, obliquely ovate or obliquely ovate-lanceolate; base oblique, apex acuminate, margin serrate from apex to below middle then entire, membranous, glabrous above, puberulent beneath; 3-nerved from base, prominent, lateral nerves 1-4 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers polygamous, yellow; male in axillary clusters, born on leafless shoots; pedicels 1 cm long, filiform; female flowers on leaf axils; tepals 4, 1.5 mm long, ciliate, concave, obtuse; stamens 4, inserted round a woolly torus; ovary sessile, obovoid, pubescent, 1-celled; style ciliate. Fruit a drupe, 7 x 6 mm, ovoid, glabrous.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: February-March
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Morphology

          Growth Form

          Tree
          Tree
          Field Tips

          Fruit is hard when dry, edible, bitter to taste.

          Flower

          In axillary racemes, white. Flowering from January - March.

          Fruit

          A drupe, globose, ripening yellow, brownish black. Seed 1, globose. Fruiting from February-April. 

          Leaf Apices

          Acuminate

          Leaf arrangement

          Alternate distichous

          Leaf Bases

          Attenuate

          Leaf Margins

          Serrate

          Leaf Shapes

          Obliquely obovate

          Leaf Types

          Simple

          Habit

          A medium sized tree.

          Keystone Foundation
          Attributions Keystone Foundation
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            Miscellaneous Details
            Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous Forests
            G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
            Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              No Data
              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              General Habitat
              Often in sholas. Hills above 900 m.  Indian subcontinent.
              Keystone Foundation
              Attributions Keystone Foundation
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Mixed forests
                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  Evergreen and shola forests
                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    Description
                    Global Distribution

                    India: Assam; Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam

                    Local Distribution

                    Throughout Assam

                    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      Global Distribution

                      Indo-Malesia

                      Indian distribution

                      State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur, Wayanad

                      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        Maharashtra: Raigad Karnataka: Hassan, N. Kanara Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Palakkad Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul , Nilgiri, Namakkal, Theni, Salem
                        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                        Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY
                        References 
                          No Data
                          📚 Occurrence
                          No Data
                          📚 Uses and Management
                          Uses

                          System of Medicines Used In

                          Siddha
                          Siddha
                          System Of Medicines Used In

                          Siddha

                          FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7165
                          Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7165
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
                          Licenses CC_BY
                          References 
                            Medicinal
                            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                            Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                            Contributors 
                            Status UNDER_CREATION
                            Licenses CC_BY
                            References 
                              Bark yields fibre.
                              Keystone Foundation
                              Attributions Keystone Foundation
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
                              Licenses CC_BY
                              References 
                                No Data
                                📚 Information Listing
                                References
                                1. Celtis serotina Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 10: 301. 1848.
                                2. Celtis tetrandra Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 63. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 482. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1348(944). 1928; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 428. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 441. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 388. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 295. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 764. 2009.
                                1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7165
                                1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
                                Information Listing > References
                                1. Celtis serotina Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 10: 301. 1848.
                                2. Celtis tetrandra Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 63. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 482. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1348(944). 1928; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 428. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 441. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 388. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 295. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 764. 2009.
                                3. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7165
                                4. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983

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                                📚 Meta data
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                                🐾 Taxonomy
                                RootRoot
                                KingdomPlantae
                                PhylumTracheophyta
                                ClassMagnoliopsida
                                OrderRosales
                                FamilyCannabaceae
                                GenusCeltis
                                SpeciesCeltis tetrandra Roxb.
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