Cannabaceae FAMILY

Celtis pubescens

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Celtis pubescens is a semideciduous tree with a wide, irregular crown; it can grow 4 - 8 metres tall[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The short bole can be 20 - 25cm in diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and timber. It is an excellent pioneer species for restoring native woodland and also for establishing woodland gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, southern, central and eastern Brazil, Peru.

HabitatSavannah woodland and gallery forests, more commonly in secondary formations[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].