Common name: Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis L. APNI* 
Description: Medium-sized deciduous tree.
Leaves ± ovate, 4–14 cm long, mostly 3–7 cm wide, base strongly asymmetric, margins coarsely toothed, upper surface scabrous above, lower surface glabrous to pubescent; usually 3–5-veined, veins prominent, yellowish, ± glabrous or with scattered hairs; petiole 6–12 mm long.
Inflorescences few-flowered.
Drupe globose, c. 10 mm diam., purple or nearly black, stalk c. 10 mm long.
Distribution and occurrence: Cultivated, sometimes a garden escape; chiefly along banks of rivers. Native of N Amer.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *ST, *CWS
Other Australian states: *Qld
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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