Celtis biondii Pamp.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Cannabaceae > Celtis

Characteristics

Trees, to 18 m tall, deciduous. Bark gray. Branchlets yellowish brown, brown with age, densely pubescent when young, with scattered lenticels. Winter buds blackish brown, 3-5 mm, densely strigose; scales at least inner ones hispid with appressed parallel hairs. Stipules linear-lanceolate, pubescent, caducous. Petiole 3-6 mm, pubescent when young, adaxially with a broad and shallow furrow; leaf blade broadly ovate, ovate, or ovate-elliptic, 2.5-8 × 2-4 cm, thinly coriaceous, strigose or sericeous early in season, with inconspicuous scattered appressed hairs, often glabrescent except for major veins and abaxial vein axils, base obtuse to ± rounded and slightly oblique, margin shallowly serrate on apical half, teeth (0-)6-11(-14) on each side, apex slenderly acuminate to caudate-acuminate; secondary veins 2(or 3) on each side of midvein. Style branches linear, undivided. Infructescences 1-3 per leaf axil, slender, unbranched, pubescent, 1-2 cm, 2-5 × as long as subtending petiole. Drupe yellow to reddish orange, ± globose, 5-7 mm. Stones slightly compressed, ca. 4 mm in diam., reticulately foveolate, 4-ribbed. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Sep-Oct.
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A shrub or tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 14 m tall. The branches have a reddish-brown covering. The leaves are narrowly oval and 4-10 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The base is an oblique wedge shape. There can be teeth towards the tip. The flowers have several united. There are 2 or 3 fruit. These are fleshy, oval and 6 mm across. They are on stalks 1-1.5 cm long.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 16.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It is native to central China. It grows on hillsides from sea level to 2,000 m altitude. It grows in limestone areas. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Forests and among shrubs on mountains, limestone areas; at elevations from near sea level to 2,000 metres
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The young shoots are eaten. A cooking oil is extracted from the seeds.
Uses fiber medicinal oil timber
Edible fruits seeds shoots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
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Images

Celtis biondii unspecified picture

Distribution

Celtis biondii world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Conservation status

Celtis biondii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:836949-1
WFO ID wfo-0000593437
COL ID S4MQ
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Celtis biondii f. holophylla Celtis biondii Celtis guangxiensis Celtis cavaleriei Celtis chuanchowensis Celtis emuyaca Celtis leveillei Celtis rockii Celtis biondii var. cavalieriei Celtis biondii var. heterophylla Celtis biondii var. holophylla Celtis bungeana var. heterophylla Celtis leveillei var. holophylla Celtis emuyaca var. cuspidatophylla (f.p.metcalf) c.p'ei Celtis leveillei var. cuspidatophylla Celtis leveillei var. heterophylla Celtis leveillei var. hirtifolia Celtis trichocarpa Celtis biondii var. insularis