Pigeon Wood
Trema orientalis
Also known as Oriental Nettle, Oriental Trema, Gunpowder Tree, Charcoal Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- January-October
How to identify Pigeon Wood
Identify Pigeon Wood by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Fast-growing pioneer tree, wood used for charcoal and gunpowder.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Ulmaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pigeon Wood.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Trema orientalis
- Genus
- Trema
- Family
- Ulmaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Indo-Malaysia
- Distribution
- India, Tropical Africa, SE. Asia through Malesia to Queensland, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Mizoram
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Ulmaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Ulmaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Pigeon Wood
Pigeon Wood (Trema orientalis) belongs to the Ulmaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and 9 other states. It grows in dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from January to October.
Uses
It is long used in traditional medicine, stripped for fibre used in rope and matting and burnt as firewood or charcoal. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Ulmaceae
Elm Family
Pigeon Wood belongs to the Ulmaceae family.
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