Celtis tournefortii Lam. - Accepted: Celtis tournefortii Lam. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Ulmaceae (Zander 2008)
Celtis tournefortii Lam. - Accepted: Celtis tournefortii Lam. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Cannabaceae (APG III)
Celtis tournefortii Lam. - Accepted: Celtis tournefortii Lam. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Ulmaceae (APG III)
Celtis tournefortii Lam. - Accepted: Celtis tournefortii Lam. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Cannabaceae (APG IV)

Flowers

hermaphrodite flowers

Flower ecology

insect-pollinated (entomophilous) (bees)

Life form

shrub or small tree

Foliage persistence

deciduous

Fruits

fruit is a orange-yellow drupe

Fruit ecology

animal-dispersed (zoochorous, ornithochorous)

Soil conditions

preferentially on dry to mesic, nutrient-rich, sandy, sandy-gravelly or sandy-humus containing soils

Natural occurrence (habitat)

dry forests, rocky slopes, maquis, bushy places, steppes

Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)

warm-temperate (Mediterranean), dry-mesophytic evergreen sclerophyll forests, woodlands, and shrubs

Constraints according moisture

drought-tolerant

Usage

the fruit is edible and consumed in Turkey

Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.;

Gianguzzi, L. et al. (2014): Distribution, ecology and conservation survey on the Celtis tournefortii subsp. aetnensis (Celtidaceae: Cannabaceae) populations in Sicily. Webbia 69(2): 325-334.;

The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;