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Celtis toka

Celtis toka
Photo: Bamba Tubaab, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Cannabaceae (Hemp family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
W. Trop. Africa to SW. Arabian Pen.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Celtis toka is a medium-sized tree that commonly occurs adjacent to streams and rivers in the Sudanian-Sahel savannah climates of Tropical Africa but it can survive in drier habitats; it is also found of Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Where it grows

Occurs in savannah regions, from Senegal to Sudan in Africa and also occurs in Yemen.

Other Celtis plants

Celtis adolfi-friderici · White stinkwood · Nettle Tree · Celtis balansae · Biond’s Hackberry · Celtis brasiliensis · Bunge's hackberry · Caucasian hackberry · Celtis conferta subsp. amblyphylla · Cottonwood · Spiny hackberry · Celtis glabrata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Celtis toka by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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