Trema orientalis

Trema orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Cannabaceae
Genus:	Trema
Species:	T. orientalis
Binomial name
Trema orientalis (L.) Blume
Synonyms
Celtis discolor Brongn. C. guineensis Schum. & Thonn. C. madagascariensis Bojer C. orientalis L. (basionym) C. rigida Blume Sponia andaresa Comm. ex Lam. S. argentea Planch. S. commersonii Decne. ex Planch. S. glomerata Hochst. S. orientalis (L.) Decne. S. wightii Planch. Trema affinis (Planch.) Blume T. africana Blume T. commersonii (Decne. ex Planch.) Blume T. grevei Baill. T. grisea Baker T. guineensis (Schum. & Thonn.) Ficalho T. hochstetteri Engl. T. nitens Blume T. polygama Z.M.Wu & J.Y.Lin T. velutina (Planch.) Blume T. wightii Blume

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.

Trema orientalis is native to primarily tropical zones in Africa (in Benin; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Comoros; Côte d'Ivoire; the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea (including the island of Bioko); Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; the Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa (Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal; and Swaziland); Sudan; Tanzania (including the Zanzibar Archipelago); Togo; Uganda; Zambia; and Zimbabwe); Asia (in most of the Arabian Peninsula; Bhutan; Burma; China, in the provinces of Fujian, southern Guangdong, western Guangxi, southwestern Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan; India; Indonesia; southern Japan in Kyushu prefecture and the Ryukyu Islands; Malaysia; Nepal; Papua New Guinea; the Philippines; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; and Vietnam); and Australia (in the northern portion of Northern Territory and eastern parts of Queensland).

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