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Celtis iguanaea (Jacq.) Sarg.

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Flora Data (Last Modified On 1/17/2013)

Species	CELtiS IGUANAEUS (Jacq.) Sarg.
PlaceOfPublication	Silv. N. Amer. 7:64. 1895.
Synonym	Rhamnus iguanaeus Jacq. Enum. P1. Carib. 16. 1762. Celtis aculeata S-w. Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 53. 1788. Zizyphus iguanea (Jacq.) Lam. Dict. 3:3 18. 1789. Celtis epiphylladena Orteg. Hort. Matr. 79. 1800. Celtis rhamnoides Willd. Sp. P1. 4:9 9 8. 1 8 0 6. Mertensia laevigata HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2:31, t. I03. 1817. Mertensia zizyphoides HBK. loc. cit. 1817. Momisia laevigata (HBK.) F. G. Dietr. Vollst. Lexik. Gaertn. Nachtr. 5:123. 1819. Momisia zizyphoides (HBK.) F. G. Dietr. loc. cit. 124. 1819. Zizyphus commutata Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 5:336. 1819. Mertensia iguanea (Jacq.) Schult. Syst. Veg. 6:312. 1820. Mertensia rhamnoides (Willd.) Schult. loc. cit. 313. 1820. Celtis laevigata (HBK.) Spreng. Syst. 1:932. 1825. Celtis glabratum Spreng. Syst. 5:150. 1828. Momisia ebrenbergiana Klotzsch, in Linnaea 20:538. 1847. Momisia aculeata (.Sw.) Klotzsch, loc. cit. 539. 1847. Celtis orthacanthos Planch. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3. 10:309. 1848. Celtis zizyphoides (HBK.) Planch. loc. cit. 314. 1848. Celtis anf ractuosa Liebm. in Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. Ser. 5. 2 :338. 1851. Celtis ehrenbergia (Klotzsch) Liebm. loc. cit. 339. 1851. Celtis aculeata var. pubescens Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 149. 1861. Celtis aculeata var. serrata Griseb. loc. cit. 1861. Celtis aculeata 3 laevigata Planch. in DC. Prod. 17:187. 1873. Mertensia commutata (Roem. & Schult.) Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. 3:138. 1882-86. Celtis platycaulis Greenm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. 39:78. 1903. Momisia iguanaea (Jacq.) Rose & Standl. in Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16:8. 1912. Momisia anfractuosa (Liebm.) Rose & Standl. loc. cit. 1912.
Description	Andromonoecious shrubs or small trees to 12 m. tall, the branches flexuose, armed with short recurved spines. Leaves ovate to broadly elliptic, 3-11 cm. long 1.5-4.5 cm. broad, acute or attenuate at the apex, obtuse to subcordate at the base, slightly inequilateral, 3-nerved at the base, sparsely pubescent to glabrous above and below, serrate at least toward the apex; petiole 0.5-1.0 cm. long. Inflorescence cymose, fasciculate. Bisexual flowers: sepals 5, about 1.5 mm. long, 0.75 mm. broad, connate at the base, margin ciliate, greenish-yellow; stamens 5, exserted, the filaments 1.5 mm. long, glabrous, the anthers 1 mm. long, 0.75 mm. broad, the torus hairy; ovary more or less cylindrical, shortly hairy, the styles 2, fused at the base. Staminate flowers with rudimentary pistil. Flowers described from Mexican specimens. Fruit ovoid, 8-12 mm. long, 6-8 mm. in diameter, yellow, orange or red.
Habit	shrub tree
Distribution	Mexico to Argentina, and the Antilles.
Specimen	CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Aviles 27b.

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