Tall shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate serrate, 3-nerved at the base, young branches and leaves scabrid. Flowers unisexual or bisexual or polygamous in small axillary fascicles. Male flowers: Perianth 4-5-lobed, stamens 4-5, opposite the perianth, filaments erect, longer than perianth lobes. Female flower: Perianth same as in male flower; ovary sessile on wooly disc; style terminal, 2-fid, linear. Fruit a small, ovoid or subglobose drupe with persistent calyx.

A genus of about 25 species, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. One species is found in Pakistan.

Lower Taxon

• Trema politoria (Planch.) Blume

Related Synonym(s):

• Celtis politoria Wall. = Trema politoria (Planch.) Blume
• Sponia politoria Planch. = Trema politoria (Planch.) Blume