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Betulaceae

Eastern hornbeam

Carpinus orientalis Mill.

Family
Betulaceae
Genus
Carpinus

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Eastern hornbeam (Carpinus orientalis)
FlowerPhoto: North Ross, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (31)
Arabic
شرد مشرقي
Armenian
Բոխի արևելյան
arz
شرد مشرقى
Azerbaijani
Şәrq vәlәsi, Dәmirqara
Basque
Ekialdeko xarma
Bulgarian
Келяв габър
Chinese
东方鹅耳枥
Croatian
Bijeli grab, Bjelograbić
Czech
Habr východní
Danish
Orientalsk avnbøg
English
Eastern hornbeam, Oriental hornbeam, Turkey hornbeam
Esperanto
Orienta karpeno
Finnish
Idänvalkopyökki
French
Charme d'Orient
Georgian
Ჯაგრცხილა
German
Orientalische Hainbuche
Greek
Γαύρος ανατολικός, Σκυλόγαυρος
Hungarian
Keleti gyertyán
Japanese
オリエンタルシデ
Latvian
Austrumu skābardis
Macedonian
Бел габер
mzn
اسف
Norwegian Bokmål
Orientagnbøk
Persian
لور
Russian
Граб восточный, Граб черный, Граб чёрный, Грабинник
Serbian
Бели граб
Serbian (Latin)
Bijeli grab
Slovenian
Kraški gaber
Spanish
Carpe oriental
Turkish
Doğu gürgeni
xmf
Ხერაჯი

Synonyms

  • Carpinus nigra Moench

Flowers

In flower
April (from 19 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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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). About our plant data.