Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Ulmaceae | Genus: Celtis | Species: Celtis tetrandra Roxb.( खडिक ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Flower Color | Greenish | |
| Common Name | Kharak | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Eastern Nettle Tree | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kharak, Kharik | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a drupe, globose, orange-red when ripe. |
| Habitat | Cultivated and conserved along the crop fields. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Submontane and montane Himalaya; Europe. | Bark Details | Bark pale-ashy grey or brown often with white specks, smooth or with horizontal wrinkles when older |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Trees, to 25 m high; bark smooth, grey; branches slender, brownish, glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, caudate acuminate, serrate in the upper half. Flowers pale yellowish-green, in axillary cymes; female flowers long stalked. Perianth segments 4, elliptic, pubescent outside, frigned with woolly hairs on margins. Stamens 4. Ovary on hairy disc, glabrous; style arms stout, 2. Fruit a drupe, globose, orange-red when ripe. | Leaf Details | Leaves ovate-lanceolate, caudate acuminate, serrate in the upper half. |
