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Trema orientalis

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Name

Identification
Trema orientalis (L.) Blume [family CELTIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Burrows, J.E.,
Related name
  • Celtis orientalis
  • Sponia affinis
  • Sponia guineensis
  • Sponia velutina
  • Trema hochstetteri
  • Celtis australis
  • Trema africana
  • Sponia glomerata
  • Trema bracteolata
  • Celtis madagascariensis
  • Sponia unrecorded
  • Trema dunniana
  • Trema guineensis
  • Sponia hochstetteri
  • Trema tomentosa
  • Trema commersonii
  • Sponia africana
  • Sponia glomenata
  • Trema nitens
  • Celtis lima
  • Urtica unrecorded
  • Celtis guineensis
  • Sponia nitens
  • Trema guineense
  • Trema glomenata
  • Trema blancoi
  • Sponia orientalis
  • Sponia bracteolata
  • Trema glomerata
  • Trema orientalis
Common name
  • tiéuki (auctt.) uńońo (K&A) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • alakra bagbena (JMD fide K&A) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • charcoal tree., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • Leone (SIERRA LEONE, FULA-PULAAR (Sierra), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • a-nàti σ-бéti = which digs the she-goats (F&G) (GUINEA, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • trema (Ghana)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • uaba (RS) (GUINEA, KONO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • kimen (K&A) (SENEGAL, BANYUN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for TREMA orientalis (L.) Blume [family ULMACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by S. Fici [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TREMA orientalis (L.) Blume [family ULMACEAE], (1852);
Celtis orientalis L. [family ULMACEAE], (1753). Fig. 55. [type as above]
TREMA guineensis (Schumach. & Thonn.) Ficalho [family ULMACEAE], (1884).
Information
Tree or shrub, up to 15 m tall, with smooth greyish bark; young twigs pubescent. Leaf-blades lanceolate to narrowly ovate, (4.5–)5.5–11.5(–14) x (2–)2.4–5.5(–6.5) cm, acuminate at the apex, cordate or rounded and slightly unequal-sided at the base, finely serrate almost to the base, pubescent to puberulous and scabrid above, pubescent beneath; petiole 6–10(–14) cm long; stipules 3–7 mm long. Flowers in up to c. 2 cm long many-flowered cymes, most flowers male and with a few female and bisexual ones in the upper part. Sepals 5, 1–2 mm long, almost free, pubescent, persistent. Ovary hairy, with simple curved 0.5–1.5 mm long persistent styles. Drupe ovoid-globose, up to 5 mm long, glabrescent.
Range
S3 (“Mansur”) widespread in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, and in tropical Asia.
Altitude range
c. 100 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Guidotti 204.
Notes
Balambal, balambal dured (Som.). This fast-growing pioneer tree is highly variable, particularly as regards the morphology and texture of the leaves. Bark and leaves are used in eastern and western Africa for tanning fishing nets.

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