View source for Celtis laevigata

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|accepted_name=Celtis laevigata
|accepted_authority=Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Enum. Pl. suppl:
|place=67. 1814
|year=1814
}}
|common_names=Sugarberry;palo blanco
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Celtis laevigata var. anomala
|authority=Sargent
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Celtis laevigata var. brachyphylla
|authority=Sargent
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Celtis laevigata var. smallii
|authority=(Beadle) Sargent
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Celtis laevigata var. texana
|authority=Sargent
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Celtis mississippiensis
|authority=unknown
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Celtis smallii
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Ulmaceae;Celtis;Celtis laevigata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ulmaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Celtis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Celtis laevigata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> to 30 m; trunks to 1 m diam., crowns broad, spreading. <b>Bark</b> light gray, smooth or covered with corky warts. <b>Branches</b> without thorns, often pendulous, young branches pubescent at first, then glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 6-10 mm. <b>Leaf</b> 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. <b>Inflorescences</b>: flowers solitary or few-flowered clusters at base of leaves. <b>Drupes</b> orange to brown or red when ripe, nearly orbicular, 5-8 mm diam., beakless; pedicel 6-15 mm. <b>Stones</b> 4.5-7 × 5-6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 20, 30, and 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–early fall (May–Oct).
|habitat=In rich bottomlands along streams, in flood plains, and on rocky slopes
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;n Mexico.
|discussion=<p>The Houma used preparations from the bark of <i>Celtis laevigata</i> to treat sore throats and venereal disease (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Celtis laevigata
|author=
|authority=Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Celtis laevigata var. anomala;Celtis laevigata var. brachyphylla;Celtis laevigata var. smallii;Celtis laevigata var. texana;Celtis mississippiensis;Celtis smallii
|basionyms=
|family=Ulmaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–early fall (May–Oct).
|habitat=In rich bottomlands along streams, in flood plains, and on rocky slopes
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;n Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Enum. Pl. suppl:
|publication year=1814
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Celtis
|species=Celtis laevigata
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