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The hackberry (Celtis australis) is a family tree of cannabàcies native of southern Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. Its use as an ornamental tree, the main today, means that we can easily see in parks, gardens, squares and streets; can live 500 to 600 years and in all types of terrain.

Overview

It is a deciduous tree with a dense crown, rounded and branched, its trunk is right and the smooth gray bark, can reach 25 m high. Leaves, rough to the touch and with three nerves very marked on the front, are simple, alternate, pubescent, ovate or lanceolate, presenting a certain asymmetry, finely serrated margin, the petiole long and twisted, elongated tip. Flowers hermaphrodite or male, are small, solitary, long stalked, green-yellow and appear in April and May the axils of the leaves. The fruit is a drupe edible lled the small size of a pea, round and smooth with very little bone and flesh, green ripen before dark, almost black when ripe in autumn.

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