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Celtis australis
Also called European Hackberry, European Nettletree, Mediterranean Hackberry, Honey Berry, Sindha Taga, Southern Nettle Tree, Lotetree
Celtis australis is a deciduous tree from the Mediterranean region, grown as a hardy shade and street tree that tolerates poor soil and pollution. It prefers full sun and well-drained soil, and it is long-lived.
Celtis australis, the European nettle tree, European hackberry, Mediterranean hackberry, lote tree, southern nettle tree, or honeyberry, is a deciduous tree native to Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor.
The plant prefers light well-drained (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils, including those nutritionally poor; it can tolerate drought but not shade. The Mediterranean climate is especially suitable for the plant but it can tolerate colder climate (USDA Zone 7B). An article on Nettle tree cultivation is brought down in Ibn al-'Awwam's 12th-century agricultural work, Book on Agriculture.
Trade names for the species include nettle wood and brimji. It is often planted as an ornamental as it is long-living and resistant to air pollution.
Caucasian hackberry · Julian Hackberry · Sugarberry · Common hackberry · Netleaf hackberry · Tala · Nilgiri Elm · Hackberry
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Celtis australis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
