| Celtis zenkeri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Cannabaceae |
| Genus: | Celtis |
| Species: | C. zenkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Celtis zenkeri | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Celtis zenkeri is a species of flowering plant native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Celtis zenkeri is a large tree, growing up to 30 to 50 meters high. It is fast-growing, growing up to 15 cm in height per year, and in Côte d’Ivoire its trunk can grow 0.5 to 1 cm in diameter per year. It flowers from February to April in Nigeria, and in March, August and September in Ghana. [1]
Celtis zenkeri ranges across western, central and eastern Africa south of the Sahara, from Guinea in the west to Ethiopia in the east, and south to Angola and Tanzania. The species' estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) is 8,542,025 km2. [1]
It grows in deciduous and semi-deciduous forests, savanna woodlands, and rainforest. [1]
The tree's seeds are dispersed by birds and primates which eat the fruits. [1]
Celtis is a genus of about 60–70 species of deciduous trees, commonly known as hackberries or nettle trees, widespread in warm temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The genus is part of the extended Cannabis family (Cannabaceae).
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Tecoma stans is a species of flowering perennial shrub in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae, that is native to the Americas. Common names include yellow trumpetbush, yellow bells, yellow elder, ginger Thomas. Tecoma stans is the official flower of the United States Virgin Islands and the floral emblem of The Bahamas.
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Celtis ehrenbergiana, called the desert hackberry or spiny hackberry, is a plant species that has long been called C. pallida by many authors, including in the "Flora of North America" database. It is native to Arizona, Florida, New Mexico and Texas, and to Latin America as far south as central Argentina. It grows in dry locations such as deserts, brushlands, canyons, mesas and grasslands.
Celtis glabrata is a deciduous tree in the genus Celtis, native to parts of eastern Europe and western Asia. Its Turkish common name is dahum.
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Croton macrostachyus is a species of flowering plant native to the mountains of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Celtis gomphophylla is a species of flowering plant native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros.
