Synonyms: |
Celtis bodinieri H. Lév. |
Common names: | Chinese hackberry (English) |
Description: | Deciduous tree, to 20 m tall. Bark grey. Leaves: petiole 3-10 mm; lamina 3-10 × 3.5-6 cm, ovate to ovate-elliptic, thickly papery, inconspicuously puberulent above when young, with hairs scattered on major veins and sometimes tufted in vein axils with age beneath; base ± symmetric to moderately oblique; margin subentire to crenate on apical half. Flowers fascicled in leaf axils and stem bases. Drupe ± globose, 5-7(-8) mm in diameter Stone white, ± globose, reticulately foveolate, ribbed. |
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Derivation of specific name: | sinensis: from China, Chinese |
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Worldwide distribution: | China, Taiwan and Japan |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Image last updated: | Sunday 3 September 2017 |
Literature: |
Henderson, L. (2001). Alien weeds and invasive plants Plant Protection Research Institute Handbook No. 12. Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa. Page 168. Various authors (2008). efloras.org Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. |