Celtis sinensis
Chinese hackberry | |
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Mature tree at Yuelu Academy | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Cannabaceae |
Genus: | Celtis |
Species: | C. sinensis |
Binomial name | |
Celtis sinensis Pers.[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Celtis sinensis (English: Japanese hackberry,[2] Chinese hackberry; Chinese: 朴树 ; Japanese: 榎) is a species of flowering plant in the hemp family, Cannabaceae, that is native to slopes in East Asia.[3]
Description
It is a tree that grows to 20 m tall, with deciduous leaves and gray bark. The fruit is a globose drupe, 5–7(–8) mm in diameter. Flowering occurs in March–April, and fruiting in September–October,[3] in the Northern hemisphere.
Distribution, habitat and uses
Native to slopes at altitudes of 100–1500 m in Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Henan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Zhejiang, Sichuan , as well as Korea (팽나무),[3] Japan and Taiwan. Leaves and bark are used in Korean medicine to treat menstruation and lung abscess.[4] It is a naturalized non-invasive species in North America. It is a declared noxious weed in many parts of eastern Australia,[5][2] where its seeds are spread by birds, fruit bats and water in riparian zones, roadsides, urban bushland, open woodlands, rainforest margins, waste areas, disturbed sites, parks and gardens, in sub-tropical and warm temperate regions.[5]
As an ornamental plant, it is used in classical East Asian garden design.
- Foliage and ripe fruit
- Kawahara Collection at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
- Celtis sinensis bonsai at the Parc floral de Paris
- Whole Tree near Lower Shing Mun Reservoir
- Spring Foliage at Shatin
- Boseong Jeonil-ri Hackberry Forest (Natural monument no. 480)
See also
References
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- ^ "Celtis sinensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ^ a b G. J. Harden (1999). "Celtis sinensis Pers". PlantNET: New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ a b c eFloras, Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria, Celtis sinensis, vol. FOC Vol. 5, Page 18, retrieved October 29, 2009
- ^ Park, Kwang woo. 《반응표면분석법을 이용한 팽나무 (Celtis sinensis Persoon) 의 최적 변색제거조건 결정》한국인간ㆍ식물ㆍ환경학회지, Vol.1 No.2| p. 74-84 Accessed in 2013-10-8
- ^ a b "Celtis chinensis". Australian weeds. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
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