Synonyms
Carpinus betulus L.; Carpinus carpinizza Kil.; Carpinus quercifolia Desf. ex Steud
Local Names
Azerbaijan: Qafqaz vələsi; Georgia: 
– k’avk’asiuri rtskhila, 
– k’irtskhila (Mthiuletian, Phshavian), 
– mtskhubri (Chanetian), 
– rtskhemla (Gurian, Acharian), 
– rtskhmela (Rachian, Lechkhumian), 
– krtskhemli (Svanetian), 
– tskhemla (Gurian, Acharian), 
– tskhemuri (Megrelian), – tskhemuri (Chanetian), 
– tskhvimra (Svanetian), 
– tskhilai (Ingiloian), 
– tskhimuri (Megrelian), 
– tskhum (Svnanetian), 
– shavi rtskhila (Kartlian), 
– shavrtskhila (Kartlian) (Makashvili 1991); English: Caucasian hornbeam.
Botany and Ecology
A deciduous tree up to 25 m tall, with a bushy crown. The trunk has a wavy surface and smooth gray bark. Winter buds are 10 mm long, narrow, and pressed against branchlets. Leaves have a base often rounded or heart-shaped, a pointed tip and with usually 10–12 strong veins. Leaves that first emerge from bud are folded along their veins. Leaf margins sharply double- toothed....
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Batsatsashvili, K. et al. (2017). Carpinus caucasica Grossh. Betulaceae . In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49412-8_71
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