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 |
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| 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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| Partners: | Keystone |
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