Betulaceae
Nepal alder
Alnus nepalensis
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Alnus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 尼泊尔桤木, 尼泊爾榿木, 尼泊爾赤楊, 旱冬瓜, 水冬瓜皮
- English
- Nepal alder, Nepal black cedar, Nepalese alder
- Hebrew
- אלנוס נפאלי
- Italian
- Ontano nepalese
- koi
- Непалісь ловпу
- Nepali
- उतिस
- udm
- Непалысь лулпу
Synonyms
- Alnus boshia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
- Betula leptophylla Regel
- Betula leptostachya Wall.
- Clethropsis nepalensis (D.Don) Spach
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
Photo: Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.