Compilation
Celtis insularis

Evergreen much-branched tree 5–20 m. tall, monoecious; bole often with short buttresses, bark smooth grey, wood white; young stems and branches very sparsely white-pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves (5)6.5–12(17.5) x 2.5–4.5(8) cm., elliptic to elliptic-ovate or elliptic-oblong; apex with a wide (usually short) acumen and mucronate tip; base slightly asymmetrical and broadly cuneate to rounded or subcordate; margin entire or (rarely in Flora Zambesiaca region) coarsely dentate in the upper half; lamina thinly coriaceous, pale green, punctate but smooth and ± shiny above, glabrous; 3-nerved from the base, the basal lateral nerves extending almost to the apex, as strongly prominent beneath as the midrib, upper lateral nerves 1–2(3) on each side of the midrib, rather fine and inconspicuous; secondary venation fairly closely parallel, ± horizontal between the midrib and basal lateral nerves. Petiole 4–10(16) mm. long; stipules 3–7 mm. long, lanceolate, shortly produced below the point of attachment, ± pubescent. Inflorescence in leaf axils towards the ends of branches; lower inflorescences 5–30 mm. long, containing many crowded male (lowers, these sessile or with pedicels to 2 mm. long, and a few female and bisexual flowers at apices of branches of these inflorescences, their pedicels usually longer; upper inflorescences usually short with several bisexual flowers. Sepals 1.5–2.5 mm. long, pubescent. Ovary ± glabrous, with a basal ring of long hairs; styles very shortly bifid, (1)1.5–2(3.5) mm. long. fruits red, 9–12 x 7–10 mm., ovoid, glabrous; pedicels 3–7 mm. long.