Celtis tournefortii
Tournefort hackberry
Tournefort hackberry (Celtis tournefortii ) is a large shrub or 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 distribution area is located in the south-eastern and eastern Europe, western Asia and the Caucasus region.
Description
Tournefort hackberry is up to 6 meters tall shrub or tree with bare branches. The leaves have 3 to 7 inches long, ovate, pointed leaf blade with a rounded to slightly heart-shaped base and above the center serrated leaf edge. The upper leaf surface is bluish -green to gray-green and more or less hairy strong. The fruits grow to about 1 -inch-long stems. They are 8 millimeters in size and orange-yellow.
Distribution and location
The natural range includes temperate Asia Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Cyprus and the Caucasus in Azerbaijan. In Europe one finds the way to the Crimea in the Ukraine, Greece, Croatia, Sicily, Macedonia and Montenegro. It grows in steppes and dry forests on dry to fresh, mildly acidic to strongly alkaline, nutrient-rich, sandy, sandy- gravelly or sandy- rich soils in sunny - hot locations. The species is moisture and frost.
System
Tournefort hackberry (Celtis tournefortii ) is a species of the genus nettle trees (Celtis ). The genus is assigned to either of the hemp family ( Cannabaceae ), or the elm family Cucurbitaceae ( Ulmaceae ). The species was first described in 1797 by Jean -Baptiste de Lamarck in his work Encyclopedie méthodique.
Use
Tournefort hackberry is rarely used economically.