Bunges hackberry
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Bunges hackberry ( Celtis bungeana ) is a small deciduous tree from the genus of hackberry trees in the hemp family (Cannabaceae). The genus is often assigned to the elm family (Ulmaceae). The range of the species is in the temperate zone of Asia in China and Korea.
description
Bunges hackberry is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters high with a flattened, rounded crown and light gray, smooth bark. The branches are bare and brown with scattered, elliptical cork pores and turn gray-brown in the second year. The winter buds are brown, 1 to 3 millimeters long and also bare. The leaves have a 5 to 15 millimeter long, pale yellow or brown stem. The leaf blade is 3 to 7, rarely up to 15 centimeters long and 2 to 4, rarely up to 5 centimeters wide, ovate to ovate elongated, pointed with a slate, rounded base and usually only centrally sawn leaf edge. Both sides of the leaf are shiny green and bare. Two to three pairs of leaf veins are formed. The fruits grow on 1.0 to 1.5 centimeters long, thin stems. They are more or less rounded, 5 to 7 millimeters in size and purple-black. The stone core is white and smooth. The species blooms from April to May, the fruits ripen from October to November.
Distribution and location
The natural range is in the temperate zone of China and Korea. There Bunges hackberry grows in steppes and dry forests or in floodplains and on river banks at an altitude of 100 to 2300 meters on fresh, weakly acidic to alkaline, sandy loamy to loamy, nutrient-rich soils in sunny and light-shaded locations. The species loves warmth and is usually frost hardy.
Systematics
Bunges hackberry ( Celtis bungeana ) is a species from the genus of hackberry trees ( Celtis ). The genus is assigned to the hemp family (Cannabaceae), formerly the elm family (Ulmaceae). It was first described by Carl Ludwig von Blume in 1856 . A synonym of the species is Celtis davidiana Carrière .
The variety Celtis bungeana var. Deqinensis from the province of Yunnan differs mainly in the thicker leaf blade.
use
Bunges hackberry is rarely used commercially or for horticulture.
proof
literature
- Andreas Roloff , Andreas Bärtels: Flora of the woods. Purpose, properties and use. With a winter key from Bernd Schulz. 3rd, corrected edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5614-6 , p. 174.
- Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (Eds.): Flora of China . Volume 5: Ulmaceae through Basellaceae . Science Press / Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing / St. Louis 2003, ISBN 1-930723-27-X , pp. 18 (English).
- Steve Cafferty: Cosmos Atlas Trees of the World . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-10983-0 , p. 162 .
Individual evidence
- ^ German name after Roloff et al .: Flora of the woods and Cafferty: Kosmos-Atlas trees of the world
- ↑ a b c Roloff et al .: Flora of the Woods , p. 174
- ↑ a b c Liguo Fu, Yiqun Xin, Alan Whittemore: Celtis bungeana . In: Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (Eds.): Flora of China . Volume 5: Ulmaceae through Basellaceae . Science Press / Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing / St. Louis 2003, ISBN 1-930723-27-X , pp. 18 (English).
- ↑ a b Celtis bungeana. In: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, accessed January 22, 2012 .
- ↑ Celtis bungeana. In: The Plant List. Retrieved January 22, 2012 (English).
