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Celtis philippensis var. wightii
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Family:
ULMACEAE
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Citation: Celtis philippensis Blanco var. wightii (Planch.) Soep. in Steenis, Fl. Males. ser. 1. 8: 62. 1977; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 294. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 306. 2002.
Celtis wightii Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 10:307.1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5:483.1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1349(944). 1928.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Bhoothakkali, Kalluveera, Peenari, Vellakkuyyan
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 25 m high, bark pale green or grey with black streaks inside, covered with lenticels; blaze speckled with black and yellow; branchlets pubescent. Young foliage pink. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules lateral, elliptic-ovate; petiole 4-15 mm, slender, pubescent; lamina 6-12 x 2-6 cm, ovate, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, base round or acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; 3-nerved from the base, prominent, intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers polygamous, yellow, in axillary puberulous cymes, usually on new shoots; male flowers usually at the basal part and female flowers on the upper side; tepals 5, 2 x 1 mm, ovate, concave, ciliate, membranous; stamens 5, free, inserted round a woolly torus; ovary superior, sessile, ovoid, 1 mm, 1-celled; style 8 mm long, pubescent. Fruit a drupe 7 x 5 mm, ovoid, smooth.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous and shola forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to Australia and Tropical Africa
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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, White
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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:
Peechi, Pattikkad, Kallar, Churullipetty, Arjunankotta, Dam site, Chokkampetti, Karimala, Marayur, Agastyarkudam
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