• Family : Betulaceae
  (Birch Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : UTIS FAMILY (उतीस फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Betulaceae
• Synonym(s) : Carpinus davidii (Franch.) C.K.Schneid.; Carpinus fargesii C.K.Schneid.; Carpinus fargesii Franch.; Carpinus fargesii var. latifolia S.Y.Wang & C.L.Chang; Carpinus kenpukwan Koidz.; Carpinus macrostachya (Oliv.) Koidz.; Carpinus tehchingensis Hu
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carpinus viminea Lindl. ex Wall.
• Common name : Himalayan Hornbeam
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Forests, shady ravines, watercourses
• Comments / notes : Wood used for fuel
• Key identification features : A medium-sized tree with compact grey bark with darker streaks, with ovate-lanceolate long-pointed, doubly saw-toothed leaves, and with pen dulous fruiting clusters 5-10 cm long. Male catkins pendulous to 8 cm, borne on leafless branches; bracts triangular-ovate; stamens hairy. Leaves 5-12 cm; stipules oblong, soon falling. Nut c. 3 mm, ribbed, with lanceolate toothed involucre c. 2.5 cm, with small triangular basal lobes.
• Flower, Fruit : March-April
• Distribution :
  • Himachal Pradesh : Kullu district
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
• Native : India, Bangladesh, China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 1274
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Carpinus viminea. Downloaded on 5 December 2023.

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