Korean hackberry
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The Korean hackberry tree ( Celtis koraiensis ) is a small deciduous tree from the genus of hackberry trees in the hemp family (Cannabaceae). The genus Celtis is often assigned to the elm family (Ulmaceae). The range of the species includes the Korean peninsula and the north of China.
description
The Korean hackberry tree is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters high with dark gray trunk bark . The branches are light brown and initially hairy, but later bald and are covered with small, elliptical cork pores . The winter buds are brown and 2 to 4 millimeters long. The leaves have a stalk 0.5 to 1.5 centimeters long. The leaf blade is 7 to 12 centimeters long and 3.5 to 10.0 centimeters wide, rounded-ovoid to broadly ovate, short-pointed with a rounded to slightly heart-shaped base and roughly toothed with elongated teeth at the tip of the leaf. The upper side of the leaf is glabrous and dark gray-green, the underside is also glabrous or slightly hairy on the nerves. Three to four pairs of leaf veins are formed. The fruits grow on stems 1.5 to 2.5 centimeters long. They are spherical-ellipsoidal, 1.0 to 1.3 inches tall and dark orange. The stone core is gray-brown, ovoid-elliptical and about 8 millimeters in diameter.
The species blooms from April to May, the fruits ripen from September to October.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 20.
Distribution and location
The natural range is in the temperate zone of Asia on the Korean Peninsula and in China in the provinces of Anhui , Gansu , Hebei , Henan , Jiangsu , Liaoning , Shaanxi , Shandong and Shanxi . There the Korean hackberry grows in steppes and dry forests at an altitude of 100 to 1500 meters on fresh, slightly acidic to slightly alkaline, sandy-loamy to loamy, moderately nutrient-rich soils in sunny to light-shaded locations. The species loves warmth and is usually frost hardy.
Systematics
The Korean hackberry ( Celtis koraiensis ) is a species from the genus of hackberry trees ( Celtis ). The genus Celtis , either the family of hemp plants assigned (Cannabaceae) or the family of elm plants (Ulmaceae). The species was first described in 1909 by Nakai Takenoshin in Botanical Magazine, Tokyo .
use
The wood of the Korean hackberry is rarely used commercially.
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 , pp. 174-175.
- 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. 17 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ German name after Roloff et al .: Flora of the woods
- ↑ a b c Roloff et al .: Flora of the Woods , pp. 174–175
- ↑ a b c Liguo Fu, Yiqun Xin, Alan Whittemore: Celtis koraiensis . 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. 17 (English).
- ↑ Celtis koraiensis at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ a b Celtis koraiensis. In: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, accessed January 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Celtis koraiensis. In: The Plant List. Retrieved January 23, 2012 .
