Celtis adolfi-friderici Engl.

Large semi-deciduous monoecious tree, up to 36 m. tall, with buttresses.. Twigs pubescent or almost glabrous.. Leaf-blades chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 10.5–16 cm. long, 5–8 cm. wide, shortly acuminate, rounded and unequal-sided at the base, entire, glabrous or with a few hairs on the veins beneath, 3-nerved from the base, with the basal lateral nerves extending almost to the apex and the upper prominent lateral nerves 1–2 on each side of the midrib; petiole 5–18 mm. long.. Stipules small, ± 3 mm. long, shortly produced below the point of attachment, pubescent, caducous.. Cymes 1–4 cm. long in flower, up to 6 cm. in fruit, axillary or at the nodes below; lower ones with many clustered ♂ flowers; upper ones with several hermaphroditeand ♀ flowers at the top.. Sepals 5, 1–1.5 mm. long, pubescent.. Ovary pubescent with a ring of longer hairs at the base; styles branched, 3–4 mm. long.. Fruits ovoid to obovoid, 15–18(–20) mm. long, 13–15(–18) mm. across, red, glabrescent.

Most common in semi-deciduous forest; it markedly prefers drier forests. It is often found in secondary forest and gallery forest, and occurs at elevations up to 900 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.