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Celtis wightii

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Name

Identification
Celtis brownii Rendle [family ULMACEAE ] Celtis wightii Planch. [family ULMACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Polhill,R.,
Related name
  • Celtis mauritiana
  • Celtis prantlii
  • Celtis wightii
  • Celtis collinsae
  • Celtis scotellioides
  • Celtis brownii
  • Celtis unrecorded
  • Celtis philippensis
  • Celtis rendleana
  • Celtis pranthii
  • Mertenna unrecorded
Common name
  • afwerewa (auctt.) ahwerewa (CJT) esa-akoa = ‘esa’ of the slaves (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • mgua (A Chev.) (IVORY COAST, ABE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • bléblétu (Aub.; RS) (IVORY COAST, ANYI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • pempresa (DF) (GHANA, VULGAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • asan (A Chev.) (IVORY COAST, BAULE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • ko-lohonfé (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, AKYE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • (Bondoukou) tonko (A Chev.) (IVORY COAST, KULANGO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for CELTIS wightii Planch. [family ULMACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1966) Author: R. M. Polhill
Names
CELTIS wightii Planch. [family ULMACEAE], in Ann. Sci. Nat., sér. 3, 10: 307 (1848); Polhill in K.B. 19: 141 (1964). Types: India, Wight 85 & Wight & Ceylon, Walker 214 & Gardner (all K, syn. !)
CELTIS mauritiana Planch. [family ULMACEAE], in Ann. Sci. Nat., sér. 3, 10: 307 (1848); P.O.A. C: 160 (1895); Rendle in F.T.A. 6(2): 9(1916); F.D.O.-A. 2: 64(1932); T.T.C.L.: 624 (1949); K.T.S.: 576 (1961). Type: Mauritius, Commerson (K, holo.!)
CELTIS prantlii [family ULMACEAE], [sensu Engl. in N.B.G.B. 3: 23 (1900), pro parte & in Z.A.E.: 179 (1911) & V.E. 3(1): 12 (1915); Rendle in F.T.A. 6(2): 8 (1916) & 356 (1917); F.W.T.A. 1: 423 (1928); Hauman in F.C.B. 1: 43 (1948); F.P.N.A. 1: 44 (1948), non Engl. sensu stricto]
CELTIS brownii Rendle [family ULMACEAE], in J.B. 53: 298 (1915) & in F.T.A. 6(2): 10 (1916); I.T.U., ed. 2: 430, fig. 91b (1952); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 592 (1958). Type: Uganda, Mengo District, Mabira Forest, E. Brown 462 (BM, lecto.!)
CELTIS philippensis [family ULMACEAE], [sensu Leroy in Fl. Madagas. 54: 3, fig. 3/1–4 (1952); Berhaut, Fl. Seneg.: 144 (1954), non Blanco]
Information
Much branched evergreen monoecious tree or shrub, 3–20 m. tall, often with short sharp buttresses; bark smooth, grey. Young twigs puberulous or subglabrous. Leaf-blades chartaceous to coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, (5–)8.5–17.5 cm. long, 3.5–7.8 cm. wide, acuminate, broadly cuneate to rounded or subcordate at the base, ± a little unequal-sided, entire or coarsely toothed in the upper half, glabrous, 3-nerved from the base, with the basal lateral nerves extending practically to the apex and the upper prominent lateral nerves l–2(–3) on each side of the midrib; petiole 4–16 mm. long. Stipules lanceolate, 3–7 mm. long, shortly produced below the point of attachment, ± pubescent. Cymes 5–30 mm. long in flower, up to 40 mm. long in fruit; lower ones with many clustered ♂ flowers and a few ♀ and hermaphroditeflowers at the top; upper ones with several hermaphroditeflowers. Sepals 4–5, 1.5– 2.5 mm. long, pubescent. Ovary glabrous or subglabrous with a basal ring of long hairs; styles shortly bifurcate, 1–2–3.5 mm. long. Fruits on 3–7 mm. long pedicels, ovoid, shortly beaked, up to 12 mm. long, 10 mm. across, red, glabrous.
Range
DISTR. U2, 4; K7; T3, 6, 8; Z Ethiopia to West Africa and south to Angola and Mozambique, also Madagascar, Mascarene Is. and tropical Asia to Australia
Altitude range
30–1200 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District 24 km. SW. of Kwale, Mwasangombe Forest, 27 Aug. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4014 ! & Mrima Hill, 31 Aug. 1959, Verdcourt 2405 !TANGANYIKA Tanga District near Korogwe, Magunga Estate, 21 Nov. 1952, Faulkner 1065! & 28 Nov. 1952, Faulkner 1094!TANGANYIKA Morogoro District Kimboza Forest Reserve, July 1952, Semsei 820!TANGANYIKA Lindi District near Nachingwea, Kingupira, Sept. 1957, Nicholson 126!UGANDA Bunyoro District Budongo Forest, Apr. 1938, Eggeling 3587!UGANDA Toro District Bwamba Forest Reserve, Mungilo, 27 July 1960, Paulo 609!UGANDA Mengo District Mabira Forest, Kyagwe, Jan. 1908, Ussher 57 !ZANZIBAR Zanzibar I., Kombeni cave-well, 22 Nov. 1930, Vaughan 1687!
Notes
VARIATION. As treated here the species shows considerable variation in texture, size and toothing of the leaves. The Uganda material generally has at least some leaves coarsely toothed and often rather large, chartaceous and markedly acuminate. The coastal and lowland rain-forest specimens of Kenya and Tanganyika, on the other hand, have typically entire, smaller, more coriaceous and less acuminate leaves. The first form is characteristic of Ethiopia and Congo Republic, but both forms occur again in Cameroun, Angola and West Africa. The second form is found in Mozambique and the Mascarene Is. Both forms may be closely matched by specimens from Ceylon and the Andaman Is., including the syntypes.

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