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African Celtis

Celtis zenkeri

Also called Ohia

Family
Cannabaceae (Hemp family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
W. Trop. Africa to SW. Ethiopia and Angola
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Celtis zenkeri is a species of flowering plant native to sub-Saharan Africa.

Where it grows

Celtis zenkeri ranges across western, central and eastern Africa south of the Sahara, from Guinea in the west to Ethiopia in the east, and south to Angola and Tanzania. The species' estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) is 8,542,025 km2 (3,298,094 sq mi).

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 zenkeri 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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