Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Ulmaceae | Genus: Trema | Species: Trema orientalis (L.) Blume |
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Fruit |
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| Synonym | Trema cannabina, Trema orientale | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Pranak, Jivan, Kshayanashini, Parvati, Jivanti | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Charcoal Tree, Gunpowder Tree, Oriental Trema, Oriental Nettle | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Lok-uri | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit 4 X 3 mm, globose, black; stylar tip persistent; seed globose |
| Habitat | Occurs along the stream banks and ravine areas | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, China, Sri Lanka, Australia and Tropical Africa | Bark Details | Bark grey or brown, smooth but marked with parallel longitudinal lines and corky spots; slash creamy-white to light yellow, fibrous, bright green immediately beneath the bark |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Lence shaped | ||
| Description of Species | It is an evergreen shrub or tree up to 18 m in height short basally swollen bole, heavy branching and rounded to spreading crown slender branchlets are covered with white velvety hairs | Leaf Details | Leaves stipules lateral, cauducous; petiole 5-10 mm, slender, tomentose, lamina 7.5-15 X 2.5-6 cm |
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