Scientific Name :
Trema orientale (L.) Blume
Synonym :
Celtis laeta Salisb.
Celtis orientalis L.
Common Name : Pigeon wood, Gio, Ghol.
Plant Family : Cannabaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : August to January
Flower Colour : Green
Description : Height: Upto 15 m
Stem: Grey, yellowish green, bark rough, lenticellate, pubescent
Leaves: Ovate, lanceolate, pubescent beneath, serrate margins, acuminate apex
Flowers: Unisexuals, male flowers tepals 4 to 5, stamens 5, female flowers tepals unequall, monocarpellary
Inflorescence: Cymose panicled
Fruits: Drupe, globose, smooth, black at maturity
Native/ Exotic : N
Locality : CH, JM, TL
Distribution Range : Tropical & Subtropical Old World.
Uses : Bark is used to treat coughs, sore throats, asthma, bronchitis and gonorrhea
Traditionally used to support roof.
