Celtis koraiensis
The Korean hackberry (Celtis koraiensis ) is a small deciduous tree of the genus nettle trees in the hemp family ( Cannabaceae ). The genus Celtis is often also associated with the family of the elm family ( Ulmaceae ). The range of the species includes the Korean peninsula and the north of China.
Description
The Korean Hackberry is up to 15 meters high, deciduous tree with dark gray stem bark. The branches are light brown and hairy at first, but later verkahlen and are covered with small, elliptical Korkporen. The winter buds are brown and 2 to 4 millimeters long. The leaves have a 0.5 to 1.5 cm long stem. The leaf blade is 7 to 12 centimeters long and 3.5 to 10.0 inches wide, roundish - ovate to broadly ovate, shortly acuminate with rounded to slightly heart-shaped base and coarsely serrated with elongated teeth on the blade tip. The upper leaf surface is bare and dark gray-green, the underside is also bald or slightly hairy on the nerves. There are trained three to four pairs of veins. The fruits grow to 1.5 to 2.5 centimeters long stems. They are globose - ellipsoid, 1.0 to 1.3 centimeters tall and dark orange. The stone core is gray-brown, ovate -elliptic and has about 8 millimeters in diameter. The species flowers from April to May and the fruits ripen from September to October.
Distribution and location
The natural range is located in the temperate zone of Asia on the Korean Peninsula and China in the provinces of Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong and Shanxi. There, the Korean Hackberry in steppes and dry forests growing in 100 to 1,500 meters above sea level on fresh, mildly acidic to mildly alkaline, sandy- loamy to loamy, moderately fertile soil in full sun to light shade locations. The species is thermophilic and usually frost hardy.
System
The Korean hackberry (Celtis koraiensis ) is a species of the genus nettle trees (Celtis ). The genus Celtis is assigned to either of the hemp family ( Cannabaceae ) or the family of the elm family ( Ulmaceae ). The species was first described in 1909 by Nakai Takenoshin in the Botanical Magazine, Tokyo.
Use
The wood of the Korean Zürgelbaums is used only very rarely economically.