Celtis bungeana
Bunge hackberry (Celtis bungeana )
Bunge hackberry (Celtis bungeana ) is a small deciduous tree of the genus nettle trees in the hemp family ( Cannabaceae ). The genus is often also associated with the family of the elm family ( Ulmaceae ). The range of the species is located in the temperate zone of Asia in China and Korea.
Description
Bunge hackberry is up to 15 meters high, deciduous tree with flattened rounded crown and light gray, smooth bark. The branches are bare and brown with scattered, elliptical Korkporen and color in the second year drab. The winter buds are brown, 1-3 mm long and also bald. The leaves have a 5 to 15 millimeters long, pale yellow or brown stalk. The leaf blade is 3-7, rarely up to 15 inches long and 2 to 4, rarely to 5 inches wide, ovate to ovate oblong, acuminate with slate, rounded base and mostly centered serrated leaf edge. Both leaf pages are glossy green and glabrous. There shall be two to three pairs of veins. The fruits grow to 1.0 to 1.5 centimeters long, thin stems. They are more or less rounded, 5-7 mm tall and dark purple. The stone core is white and smooth. The species flowers from April to May and the fruits ripen from October to November.
Distribution and location
The natural range is located in the temperate zone of China and Korea. There Bunge Hackberry grows in steppes and dry forests or in floodplains and along river banks in 100-2300 meters above sea level in fresh, weakly acidic to alkaline, sandy loamy to loamy, nutrient-rich soils in sunny and light- shaded locations. The species is thermophilic and usually frost hardy.
System
Bunge hackberry (Celtis bungeana ) is a species in the genus of nettle trees (Celtis ). The genus is assigned to the hemp family ( Cannabaceae ), formerly the family of the elm family ( Ulmaceae ). It was first described in 1856 by Carl Ludwig von Blume. A synonym of the species is Celtis davidiana Carrière.
The variety Celtis bungeana var deqinensis from Yunnan Province differs mainly by the thicker leaf blade.
Use
Bunge hackberry is rarely used economically or horticulturally.