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Oriental Trema (Trema orientalis)

Description

Trema orientalis is a species of flowering tree in the hemp family, Cannabaceae. It is known by many common names, including charcoal-tree,Indian charcoal-tree, pigeon wood, Oriental trema,and in Hawaii, where it has become naturalized, gunpowder tree, or nalita.It has a near universal distribution in tropical and warm temperate parts of the Old World, with a range extending from South Africa, through the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and southern China to Southeast Asia and Australia.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Rosales

            • Family: Cannabaceae

              • Genus: Trema