Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme

NTFP Product Database

Product Details

Nilgiri elm PRODUCT NAME

Celtis tetrandra SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Nilgiri elm
Local Name: India: Padwa (Irula), Adhwa (Kurumba), Murungan, Kuriyaa (Tamil), Jabjabal (Telugu), Adhurve (Baaga)
Family: Ulmaceae
Other Species of Same Genera:
Product Description: A medium sized tree. Flower: a racemose inflorescence, white. Fruit: a drupe, ripening yellow, brownish black; seed globose. Fruit is hard when dry, bitter, edible.
NTFP Classification: Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics, Food and food ingredients (plant-derived), Feed, fodder and fuelwood

DISTRIBUTION

Countries Found: India
Description: Hills above 900 m often in sholas, Indian subcontinent.

USES AND PARTS USED

Parts Used: bark, bast shoots
Uses: India, rope is made from bark. India, a good medicine for pimples.
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Market Information:
Partners: Keystone

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External Links: http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Celtis+tetrandra http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/c/celtis-tetrandra.php http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242311743
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