Chinese hackberry
Mature tree at Yuelu Academy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Cannabaceae
Genus: Celtis
Species:
C. sinensis
Binomial name
Celtis sinensis
Synonyms
  • Celtis bodinieri H.Lév.
  • Celtis bungeana var. pubipedicella G.H.Wang
  • Celtis cercidifolia C.K.Schneid.
  • Celtis hunanensis Hand.-Mazz.
  • Celtis japonica Planch.
  • Celtis labilis C.K.Schneid.
  • Celtis nervosa Hemsl.
  • Celtis sinensis Willd.
  • Celtis sinensis var. japonica (Planch.) Nakai
  • Celtis tetrandra subsp. sinensis (Pers.) Y.C.Tang
  • Celtis willdenowiana Schult.

Celtis sinensis (English: Japanese hackberry,[2] Chinese hackberry; Chinese: 朴树 ; Japanese: ) 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.

See also

References

  1. "Celtis sinensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  2. 1 2 G. J. Harden (1999). "Celtis sinensis Pers". PlantNET: New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  3. 1 2 3 eFloras, Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria, Celtis sinensis, vol. FOC Vol. 5, Page 18, retrieved October 29, 2009
  4. 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
  5. 1 2 "Celtis chinensis". Australian weeds. Retrieved 2023-10-01.


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