Celtis koraiensis Nakai

Korean hackberry (en), Micocoulier (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Cannabaceae > Celtis

Characteristics

Trees, to 15 m tall, deciduous. Bark gray. Branchlets brown, glabrous or with a few hairs near nodes, with scattered small elliptic lenticels. Winter buds brown, 2-4 mm; inner scales brown pubescent. Petiole brown, 0.5-1.5 cm, adaxially with a narrow and sharply defined furrow, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; leaf blade elliptic, obovate-elliptic, or rarely broadly obovate, 7-12 × 3.5-10 cm, papery, glabrous or abaxially sparsely pubescent but sometimes only on veins and vein axils, base broadly cuneate, ± rounded, or ± cordate and slightly oblique, margin deeply laciniate-toothed, teeth 15-24 on each side and 4-8 mm, apex truncate with a caudate tip; secondary veins 3 or 4 on each side of midvein. Flowers solitary or fascicled. Style branches linear, undivided. Infructescence stout, solitary, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, 1.5-2.5 cm, 2-2.5 × as long as subtending petiole. Drupe 1 per infructescence, orangish yellow, dark brown when mature, ± globose to ellipsoid, 1-1.3 cm, basally and apically obtuse. Stone grayish brown, ovoid-elliptic, ca. 8 mm in diam., reticulately foveolate, 4-ribbed. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Sep-Oct.
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A tree. It grows 15 m tall. The bark is grey. The leaves are oval and 7-12 cm long by 4-10 cm wide. They are papery. The flowers can occur singly or in groups. The fruit is fleshy and yellow to orange but becoming dark brown when ripe. They are oval or round and 1.3 cm across. It has a stone that is wrinkled and ribbed.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 12.0 - 13.5
Root system -
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Flower color
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AprMayJun
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests and valleys between 100-1,500 m above sea level.
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Waysides in C. Korea. Forests, valleys and slopes; at elevations from 100-1,500 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Uses fiber material medicinal oil timber
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -22
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Images

Celtis koraiensis unspecified picture

Distribution

Celtis koraiensis world distribution map, present in China and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Conservation status

Celtis koraiensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:836992-1
WFO ID wfo-0000593581
COL ID S4R8
BDTFX ID 120973
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Celtis aurantiaca Celtis koraiensis Celtis koraiensis var. aurantiaca