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Celtis tetrandra
Nilgiri elm (Celtis tetrandra) is a tropical to subtropical hackberry tree from the Indian Subcontinent, southern China and Southeast Asia, occasionally sold commercially. It is grown as a shade and landscape tree in warm climates and needs a warm, reasonably moist site to thrive.
Celtis tetrandra, called the Nilgiri elm, is a species of flowering plant in the hackberry genus Celtis, family Cannabaceae. It is widely distributed across the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, and western Indonesia. It is occasionally available commercially.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Celtis tetrandra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
