Populus deltoides W.Bartram ex Marshall

 
  • Family : SALICACEAE
    (Willow Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BAN PEEPAL FAMILY (बन पीपल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Salicaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Populus deltoides W.Bartram ex Marshall
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Medium to large tree, 20-30m high, up to 100 cm diameter; Trunk short, massive, forms a broad, irregular, open crown in open areas, trunk long, straight, crown small, rounded in forests; Bark greyish-green, smooth when young, blackish, furrowed when mature; Leaves broadly deltoid, 8–15 cm long, nearly as broad, surface glabrous on both sides, apex short-acuminate, margin dentate, teeth incurved with glandular/callous tips, base truncate to subcordate, with 2-3 basal glands, petiole strongly flattened laterally; Bracts fringed, narrow divisions; Male catkin: 7.5-12.5cm, thick, stamens about 60 or more, anthers red; Female catkins: slender, green, ovary glabrous, stigma 3 or 4; Fruit 15-25cm long, stalk hairless, capsules ovoid, 6-10mm long, surface glabrous, green, splits into 3–4 parts when mature, peduncle 3-10mm long; Seeds cottony.
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Ladakh : Ladakh
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : Alabama, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Central & E. Canada to Mexico
  • Literature :
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume II. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
    • Khuroo, Anzar Ahmad
    • Mugal, Muzamil Ahmad
    • Wani, Sajad Ahmad (2023). ToI, Ver.-I : Trees of India, Version-I. figshare. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.23226281.v1
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Populus deltoides
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Populus deltoides. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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