- Family : ULMACEAE
(Elm Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KHIRK FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Cannabaceae
- Synonym(s) : Bosea trinervia Roxb.; Celtis collinsiae Craib; Celtis djungiel (Blume) Planch.; Celtis hasseltii (Blume) Planch.; Celtis laurifolia (Blume) Planch.; Celtis mindanaensis Elmer; Celtis multifolia Elmer ex Merr.; Celtis philippensis var. wightii (Planch.) Soepadmo; Celtis trinervia (Roxb.) Koord.; Celtis wightii Planch.; Solenostigma brevinerve Blume; Solenostigma consimile Blume; Solenostigma djungiel Blume; Solenostigma hasseltii Blume; Solenostigma laurifolium Blume; Solenostigma wightii Blume; Sponia strychnifolia Teijsm. & Binn.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Celtis philippensis Blanco
- Vernacular name :
- Pinari (Kannada)
- Elumbiritti, Kodalimurukki (Tamil)
- Verrimusti, Kovakamusti, Tella kovakamusti (Telugu)
- Bhoothakkali, Kalluveera, Peenari, Vellakkuyyan (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, Shola
- Comments / notes : Occasional on foothills to 1200m in Tropical moist deciduous forests. Fruits edible. (Franklin & Murthy, 2013)
- Flower, Fruit : December-June
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Navendu Page, Raja K. Swamy & K. Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 23-03-2016; 25-03-2016
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0617; HJCB-0668
- Collection Locality : Salem-Yercaud Ghat road, Salem district (TN); Kolli Hills Ghat road, Namakkal district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Vellore district
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Island
- Native : India, Malaysia, Tropical Africa
- World Distribution : India, Africa, Madagascar, Myanmar, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Malaysia to Australia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Parthsarathy, N & Pragasan , A L 2009. Check List 5(3):542-569
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla
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- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Celtis philippensis. Downloaded on 13 June 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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