Celtis tetrandra

[Asian] species

CannabaceaeCeltis

Celtis tetrandra is in the cannabis or Cannabaceae family and is widely distributed in Asia, including China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. It is a tree to 30 m tall.

  • Bark is light brown, mostly smooth but can be warted, turning grayish-white with maturity; branchlets are brown with a dense covering of yellowish brown pubescence, though often glabrous with age; stipules are lanceolate, to 0.7 cm long.
  • Leaves are deciduous (rarely evergreen), simple, alternate, 5–13 cm long and 2.5–5.5 cm across, ovate-elliptical to oblanceolate, papery, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with inconspicuous yellow pubescence next to the veins, later glabrous, three to four secondary veins on each side of the midvein; margins are entire or serrate, apex acuminate to caudate; petiole is 0.6–1.3 cm long, with a broad furrow.
  • Flowers arranged in densely clustered cymes, or rarely in racemes of two to three; flowering is in March to April (China).
  • Fruit is a drupe 0.7–0.8 cm in diameter, orange-yellow, ripening in September to October (China).

Contributors

  • Philippe de Spoelberch