- Family : ULMACEAE
(ELM FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Cannabaceae
- Species : Trema orientalis
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Trema orientalis (L.) Blume
- Common name : Pigeon Wood, Oriental Nettle
- Vernacular name : Kiruhale (Kan.); Gio (Hin.); Ambaratthi, Taeliaamaram (Tam.); Budamuru, Chakkamaanu, Godla nelli, Kaaka mushti, Konda Jonna, Morali (Tel.); Jivani, Kharkas (Ori.)
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : January-October
- Comments : Common in forests above 400 m of deciduous to semi-evergreen forests. Also in ravines and in cleared places.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Kolar district (Karnataka State); Tamil Nadu State; Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), East Godavari district, Chittoor district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Odisha State
- World Distribution : Tropical Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Himalaya, Indo-China, Malesia, Australia, Polynesia
- Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar (2015). Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of northern Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(8): 7443-7459
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Trema orientalis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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