Celtis japonica

Chinese hackberry
Mature tree at Yuelu Academy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Cannabaceae
Genus:	Celtis
Species:	C. sinensis
Binomial name
Celtis sinensis Pers.
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: Chinese hackberry; Chinese: 朴树) is a species of flowering plant in the hemp family, Cannabaceae, that is native to slopes in East Asia.

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.

Native to slopes at altitudes of 100–1500 m in Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Henan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Zhejiang, Sichuan, and Taiwan provinces of China, as well as Korea(팽나무),Japan. Leaves and bark are used in Korean medicine to treat menstruation and lung abscess. 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.

Foliage and ripe fruit

Kawahara Collection at Naturalis Biodiversity Center

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