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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 714
- Scientific Name: Trema orientalis (Linn.) Blume
- Family: Ulmaceae
- Trade Name: Charcol tree
- Common Name: Indian nettle tree
- പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്: ഇന്ത്യൻ നീറ്റിൽ
- Native: India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
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- Collected by: P. K. Thulasidas & K. M. Bhat
- General Characteristics: Shrub or small to medium tree up to 12 m. tall, bark smooth, grey, leaf attenuate-ovate to ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate. Flowers greenish-cream. Fruit drupaceous, purple or black.
- Wood Anatomy: Growth ring boundaries indistinct or absent.Wood is diffuse-porous Vessels solitary and outline angular. Rays are 1 to 3 cells width radial multiples not common, high proportion of solitary vessels.
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