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Celtis timorensis
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Family:
ULMACEAE
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Citation: Celtis timorensis Span., Linnaea 15: 343. 1841; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 257. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 429. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 441. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 656. 1997; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 764. 2009.
Celtis cinnamomea Lindl. ex Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 10: 303. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 482. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1349(944). 1928; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 375. 1984.
Celtis trinervia sensu Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 312. 1873, non Roxb. 1814.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Butha, Butha-onatthi, Poochakkurumaram
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Description:
Trees, to 15 m high, bark pale green, covered with small lenticels; young parts pubescent; branchlets angular. Leaves simple, alternate, 8-13 x 3-5.8 cm, oblong,, ovate, lanceolate, oblong-ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base acute, cuneate or oblique margin entire or serrate along the upper half, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, glabrous above, ferrugineous pubescent beneath, 3-ribbed from base, prominent; stipules lateral, lanceolate-subulate, cauducous; petiole 3-5 mm long, slender; lateral nerves 1-2 pairs, pinnate, puberulous, faint, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers polygamous, 3-5 mm across; male flowers in short axillary racemose cymes; female flowers in more slender axillary cymes; tepals 4-5, linear, incurved, 1.7 mm, ciliate, acute; stamens 4-5, inserted round a wooly torus; filaments 1 mm; ovary 1 mm, superior, sessile, ellipsoid, 1-celled; style 4 mm. Fruit a drupe, 15 mm across, ovoid, narrowed towards tip, black.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Wayanad, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Creamy, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Panthenthode border, Pathenthode, Chembukkavu, Tirunalli, Devicolam, Lock-hert gap, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Ampumala
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