Celtis adolfi-friderici

Botanical Description

Celtis adolfi-friderici is a semideciduous tree, usually growing up to 35 metres tall, but with specimens up to 50 metres having been recorded. The straight, cylindrical bole can be unbranched for up to 30 metres and up to 100cm in diameter; it has wide-spreading buttresses up to 2 metres high[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The tree is harvested from the wild, mainly for local use as a medicine and source of wood. The wood is occasionally exported[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. Celtis adolfi-friderici has an extent of occurrence that exceeds 1 million km2. It is assumed that the population is large as the species is known to be common in dry forests. No threats to the species have yet been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2018)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].