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Celtis laevigata Willd.  

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Family: Cannabaceae
sugarberry
[Celtis laevigata var. anomala Sarg., moreCeltis laevigata var. brachyphylla Sarg.]
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Susan L. Sherman-Broyles, William T. Barker & Leila M. Schulz in Flora of North America (vol. 3)
Trees , to 30 m; trunks to 1 m diam., crowns broad, spreading. Bark light gray, smooth or covered with corky warts. Branches without thorns, often pendulous, young branches pubescent at first, then glabrous. Leaves: petiole 6-10 mm. Leaf blade typically elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, (4-)6-8(-15) × (2-)3-4 cm, thin and membranaceous to leathery, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margins entire or rarely with a few long teeth, apex sharply acute to acuminate; surfaces glabrous or nearly so, margins ciliate. Inflorescences: flowers solitary or few-flowered clusters at base of leaves. Drupes orange to brown or red when ripe, nearly orbicular, 5-8 mm diam., beakless; pedicel 6-15 mm. Stones 4.5-7 × 5-6 mm. 2 n = 20, 30, and 40. Flowering late spring-early fall (May-Oct). In rich bottomlands along streams, in flood plains, and on rocky slopes; 0-300 m; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Md., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.; n Mexico. The Houma used preparations from the bark of Celtis laevigata to treat sore throats and venereal disease (D. E. Moerman 1986).

Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Tree to 30 m; lvs yellowish-green, lanceolate, 4-8 cm, ±long-acuminate, entire or seldom with a few long teeth, broadly cuneate to rounded at base, glabrous or nearly so except for the ciliate margins; style promptly deciduous after flowering; fr dark orange-red, 5-9 mm, the pedicel 3-6 mm, equaling or shorter than the subtending petiole; 2n=20. Wet grounds; Fla. to Tex. and ne. Mex., n. to s. Mo., s. Ind., and s. Va. (C. mississippiensis; C. smallii)

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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