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| name = Hackberry<br />
| image = Celtis-caucasica-fruit.JPG<br />
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| image_caption = ''Celtis caucasica'' with immature fruit<br />
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br />
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Rosales]]<br />
| familia = [[Cannabaceae]]<br />
| genus = '''''Celtis'''''<br />
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]<br />
| subdivision_ranks = Species<br />
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'''Hackberry''' ''Celtis'' is a genus of about 60-70 species of [[deciduous]] [[tree]]s widespread in warm temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]], in southern [[Europe]], southern and eastern [[Asia]], and southern and central [[North America]], and south to central [[Africa]]. They are generally medium-sized trees, reaching 10-25 m tall, rarely up to 40 m tall. <br />
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Previously included either in the elm family [[Ulmaceae]] or their own family the Celtidaceae, genetic analysis by the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]] has shown they are best placed in the hemp family [[Cannabaceae]]. <br />
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The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, simple, 3-15 cm long, [[leaf shape|ovate-acuminate]], and evenly serrated margins.<br />
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Small [[Plant sexuality|monoecious]] flowers appear in early spring while the leaves are still developing. Male flowers are longer and fuzzy. Female flowers are greenish and more rounded.<br />
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The [[fruit]] is a small [[drupe]] 6-10 mm diameter, edible in many species, with a dryish but sweet, sugary consistency, reminiscent of a [[Date Palm|date]].<br />
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Several species are grown as [[ornamental tree]]s, valued for their [[drought]] tolerance.<br />
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;Selected species<br />
*''[[Celtis africana]]'' – White Stinkwood<br />
*''[[Celtis australis]]'' – European Hackberry<br />
*''[[Celtis bungeana]]'' – Bunge's Hackberry<br />
*''[[Celtis caucasica]]'' – Caucasian Hackberry<br />
*''[[Celtis integrifolia]]'' – African Hackberry<br />
*''[[Celtis jessoensis]]'' – Japanese Hackberry<br />
*''[[Celtis koraiensis]]'' – Korean Hackberry<br />
*''[[Celtis labilis]]'' – Hubei Hackberry<br />
*''[[Celtis laevigata]]'' – Southern Hackberry or Sugar Hackberry or Sugarberry<br />
*''[[Celtis occidentalis]]'' – Common Hackberry<br />
*''[[Celtis reticulata]]'' – Netleaf Hackberry<br />
*''[[Celtis sinensis]]'' – Chinese Hackberry<br />
*''[[Celtis tala]]'' – Tala<br />
*''[[Celtis tenuifolia]]'' – Dwarf Hackberry<br />
*''[[Celtis tournefortii]]'' – Oriental Hackberry<br />
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<gallery><br />
Image:Celtis-occidentalis-fruit.JPG|''Celtis occidentalis'' <br />
Image:Southern Hackberry.jpg|Southern Hackberry or 'Sugarberry' (''Celtis laevigata'')<br />
Image:Celtis integrifolia.jpg|''Celtis integrifolia'' in Senegal<br />
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Image:Illustration Celtis australis0.jpg|European Hackberry (''Celtis australis'') from Thomé, ''Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz'' (1885)<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/celal.htm ''Celtis laevigata'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]<br />
*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/ceoco2.htm ''Celtis occidentalis'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]<br />
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[[Category:Cannabaceae]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Armenia]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Argentina]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Georgia (country)]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Caucasus]]</div>Envoy