Deciduous , shrub or small tree ; up to 10 m tall , with smooth , conspicuous , whitish or grey bark . Stems young shoots white-appressed-pubescent , older shoots with pale-brown lenticels . Leaves alternate , ± asymmetric , oblong-lanceolate , apex acuminate to attenuate , subcordate at the base , margins finely serrate axcept for the base which is entire , petiolate . Inflorescences in small congested axillary cymes , many flowered . Flowers male , femal and bisexual , greenish-cream ; calyx 4-lobed , pubescent ; petals absent ; stamens 4 ; ovary pubescent ; styles tomentose , white maturing red-brown . Fruit drupe , ovoid to globose , glabrescent , green , turning black when mature . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Rare & Threatened (RT) - Near Threatened (NT) - National Assessment ; Least Concern (LC) - Global assessment
Rare
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Celtis laeta Salisb.
Celtis orientalis L.
Sponia orientalis (L.) Decne. ex Planch.
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Charcoal-tree
Indian Charcoal-tree
Pigeon Wood
Oriental Trema
Gunpowder Tree
Nalita
Ghazanfar (2003) stated that: "The tree may have been introduced in Oman for timber and firewood. The bark is reported to have insecticidal properties". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.1).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *http://www.stuartxchange.org *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Published by Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Oman Botanic Garden Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-99969-50-10-0. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
