Populus ciliata Wall. ex Royle

 
  • Family : SALICACEAE
    (Willow Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BAN PEEPAL FAMILY (बन पीपल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Salicaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Betula ciliata Steud.; Populus ciliata var. aurea C.Marquand & Airy Shaw; Populus ciliata var. gyirongensis Z.Wang & S.L.Tung; Populus ciliata var. weixi Z.Wang & S.L.Tung; Populus jacquemontiana Dode; Populus kangdingensis var. tibetica (C.K.Schneid.) N.Chao & J.Liu; Populus pamirica var. tibetica (C.K.Schneid.) N.Chao & J.Liu; Populus pseudoglauca var. weixii (Z.Wang & S.L.Tung) N.Chao & J.Liu; Populus purdomii Rehder; Populus pyriformis Royle; Populus schneideri var. tibetica (C.K.Schneid.) N.Chao; Populus szechuanica var. tibetica C.K.Schneid.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Populus ciliata Wall. ex Royle
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : A tree of 20 ft high; grown in the garden
  • Key identification features : Trees, 18-24 m high; Leaves broadly ovate, base strongly cordate, acuminate, finely serrate, ciliate, glabrous; Flowers in lateral catkins; Capsules stipitate, ovoid, 3-4 valved, glabrous.
  • Flower, Fruit : March- June
  • Collector(s) Name : H.O Saxena& M. Brahmam
  • Collection Date : 26-02-1983
  • Collection Locality : Bhanjabasa, Similipahar
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet
  • Literature :
    • Based on herbarium specimen
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 434
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Populus ciliata. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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