| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Ulmaceae |
| Synonym | Celtis trinervia Bedd. |
| Synonym_2 | Celtis cinnamomea Lindl.ex Planch. |
| Local Name | Vellkuyyan |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, to 15 m high, bark pale green, covered with small lenticels; young parts pubescent; branchlets angular. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules lateral, lanceolate-subulate, cauducous; petiole 3-5 mm long, slender; lamina 8-13 x 3-5.8 cm, oblong,, ovate, lanceolate, oblong-ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute, cuneate or oblique; apex acuminate, margin entire or serrate along the upper half, chartaceous or subcoriaceous; glabrous above, ferrugineous pubescent beneath; 3-ribbed from base, prominent; lateral nerves 1-2 pairs, pinnate, puberulous, faint, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers polygamous, 3-5 mm across; male flowers in short axillary racemose cymes; female flowers in more slender axillary cymes; tepals 4-5, linear, incurved, 1.7 mm, ciliate, acute; stamens 4-5, inserted round a wooly torus; filaments 1 mm; ovary 1 mm, superior, sessile, ellipsoid, 1-celled; style 4 mm. Fruit a drupe, 15 mm across, ovoid, narrowed towards tip, black. |