Celtis philippensis

Trees, to 25 m high, bark pale green or grey with black streaks inside, covered with lenticels; blaze speckled with black and yellow; branchlets pubescent. Young foliage pink. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules lateral, elliptic-ovate; petiole 4-15 mm, slender, pubescent; lamina 6-12 x 2-6 cm, ovate, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, base round or acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; 3-nerved from the base, prominent, intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers polygamous, yellow, in axillary puberulous cymes, usually on new shoots; male flowers usually at the basal part and female flowers on the upper side; tepals 5, 2 x 1 mm, ovate, concave, ciliate, membranous; stamens 5, free, inserted round a woolly torus; ovary superior, sessile, ovoid, 1 mm, 1-celled; style 8 mm long, pubescent. Fruit a drupe 7 x 5 mm, ovoid, smooth.

Sending a few more photographs. c and d are of a different but same type of tree.

Wild guess, Dendropthoe falcata, but I may be wrong

Thanks for the suggestion, … The entire tree was like this only. It did not look like an epiphyte.
I shall try to send a better photograph.

Resending this again for your valuable suggestions. Can it be related to Trema orientalis?. Attaching additional photo.

I have also spotted the same plant in E.ghats at Velugonda hills. It is a moderate sized tree, looks like celtis. but the flowers are different. attaching 2 images.

The photo matches with Celtis philippensis. There are different varieties also.

Please convey my thanks to Kunhikannanji for the id. If it is C philippensis, which variety could it be? It doesn’t seem to match with var. wightii nor with philippensis.

Have you closely observed the specimen, young foliage may be red; branchlets pubescent; leaves glabrous, coriaceous; 3-nerved from the base, intercostae scalariform, prominent.;flowers very minute; Fruit a
drupe 7 x 5 mm, ovoid, smooth, young fruits beaked, pubescent; for some time during the development of fruit they look like flowers because all floral parts remain fresh; there is every chance to be mislead as flowers; then it should be Celtis philippensis Bl. var. wightii (Planch.) Soep.

ID Kannur 14/7/22: 1 very high res. image.
Please identify this shrub from Kannur district of Kerala. Only fruits are available.

Celtis

Appears close to images at Celtis philippensis Blanco

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References:

The Plant List  GRIN   Flora of China  India Biodiversity Portal (Celtis philippensis Bl. var. wightii (Planch.) Soep.) India Biodiversity Portal (Celtis philippensis Blanco)  Biotik (Celtis philippensis Bl. var. wightii (Planch.) Soep.)