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Division
|
Angiosperms |
Class
|
Dicotledons |
Subclass |
Apetalae |
Order |
Urticales |
Family
|
Ulmaceae |
Genus
|
Celtis |
Species
|
tetrandra |
Etymology:
|
Derived from Latin word Celtis, lotus tree. |
Botanical name:
|
Celtis tetrandra Roxb. |
Local/Trade Names: |
Kharik |
Conservation status:
|
Commonly found wild. |
Digonestic features:
|
Margin of the leaves crenately serrate from above the middle. |
Description: |
Large deciduous tree, upto 25 m high. Bark dark grey. Leaves deciduous, ovate, 5-8 x 2.5-4 cm, acuminate, base oblique, rounded or cuneate, margins crenately serrate from above the middle. Male racemes 1.5-2 cm long, bisexual, flowers pedicel 2 cm. Fruit a drupe, ovoid, ellipsoid, 5-6 mm long, orange red when ripe, bearing a tuft of pubescence at base and apex. |
Phenology: |
Fls.: May-June. Frts.: July-August. |
Distribution: |
Outer Himalayas from Kumaon eastwards Meghalaya, Central India and eastern and Western Ghats. Myanmar. |
Where to see it: |
Arboretum near Japanese Garden Gate No. 2. |
Uses: |
Wood used for planking and canoes. Also used for match-boxes and splints. A very good fodder. |
Chief Conservator of Forests & Chief Wildlife Warden is the Head of the Department. There is one post of Conservator of Forests & two posts of Deputy Conservator of Forests viz.