Celtis sinensis

Celtis sinensis
A Chinese Hackberry at Yuelu Academy
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Cannabaceae
Genus: Celtis
Species: C. sinensis
Binomial name
Celtis sinensis
Pers.[1]

Celtis sinensis (English: Chinese Hackberry; Chinese: 朴树 ) is a species of flowering plant in the hemp family, Cannabaceae, that is native to slopes in East Asia.[2]

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.[2]

Taxonomy

Synonyms include: Celtis bodinieri H. Léveillé; C. bungeana var. pubipedicella G. H. Wang; C. cercidifolia C. K. Schneider; C. hunanensis Handel-Mazzetti; C. japonica Planch.;[1] C. labilis C. K. Schneider; C. nervosa Hemsley; C. tetrandra Roxburgh subsp. sinensis (Persoon) Y. C. Tang.

Distribution, habitat and uses

Native to slopes at altitudes of 100–1500 m in Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Henan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Zhejiang, and Sichuan provinces of China, as well as Korea(팽나무),[2] Japan, and Taiwan. Leaves and bark are used in Korean medicine to treat menstruation and lung abscess.[3] It is a naturalized non-invasive species in North America. It is a declared noxious weed in many parts of eastern Australia.

As an ornamental plant it is used in classical East Asian garden design.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Celtis sinensis Pers.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-03-03. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 eFloras, Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria (FOC Vol. 5, Page 18), Celtis sinensis, retrieved 2009 Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. 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

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