About Wight's hackberry
Celtis philippensis is an Asian species of flowering plant in the family Cannabaceae. It is a tree which can grow up to 30 metres (98 ft) tall. It ranges from India and Sri Lanka to southern China and Taiwan, the Philippines, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, and northern Australia. It grows in tropical and subtropical forests, including moist evergreen forests, monsoon forests, and littoral forests, from sea level up to 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) elevation. It Australia it is an important food plant for larvae of the common aeroplane (Phaedyma shepherdi) and tailed emperor (Polyura sempronius) butterflies.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Celtis philippensis
- Genus
- Celtis
- Family
- ULMACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry and moist deciduous and shola forests
- Native to
- India, Malaysia, Tropical Africa
- Distribution
- India, Africa, Madagascar, Myanmar, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Malaysia to Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- Malampunku, Vakkanai
- Kannada
- Aduva, Goorcul, Gorklu
- Malayalam
- manalli
- Marathi
- कजरी Kajri
Ulmaceae
Elm Family
Wight's hackberry belongs to the Ulmaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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