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Celtis tetrandra

Celtis tetrandra

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants listIUCN: Least Concern
Celtis tetrandra (Celtis tetrandra)

Image: Krzysztof Golik · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · As stated on the file page · Resized

Scientific name
Celtis tetrandra
Family
Cannabaceae, order Rosales
Group
Plant
Conservation status
Least Concern

A forest tree whose berries feed birds.

  • Spot it Pointed leaves and small round fruit.
  • Home Kumbhalgarh forests.
  • Food web Birds and mammals eat the fruit; butterflies lay eggs on it.
  • Why it matters Spreads through birds and hosts butterfly caterpillars.

Read more: Celtis tetrandra on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened plants of Rajasthan, for Kumbhalgarh.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a tree of the Ulmaceae family.[2]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Plants of Rajasthan (55 plants) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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