Organic Common Hackberry Seeds (Celtis occidentalis)
5.00 €
Valuable park tree, used in steppe afforestation, decorative, drought-resistant, the most frost-resistant of all types of frame, unpretentious to soil, dust-gas resistant, frost resistance zone: 4-9 (up to -35 ° C).
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Organic Common Hackberry Seeds / Celtis occidentalis L.
Large tree up to 40 m tall, with a beautiful broad-oval crown, large shiny, light green leaves up to 15 cm long; spherical, orange-red or dark purple fruits up to 1 cm in diameter.
Used in steppe afforestation.
Differs in great drought tolerance and photophilia. It thrives on dry soils. The most frost-resistant of all frame types.
It is decorative with a dark relief-fractured trunk bark, crown shape, leaves and cherry-shaped fruits that persist on the branches in winter.
Fruits are globular, dark purple, sometimes orange, 7-10 mm in diameter.
Blossoming in April - May. Fruiting in September.
The fruits can be eaten. The taste is compared to dates, but no one is involved in harvesting the fruits, since there is very little edible pulp around the large stone. The fruits are very popular with many birds and other forest animals.
The tree has a strong, flexible, very hard wood with a gray-brown core, used in carpentry, carving and turning, is used for the manufacture of wind instruments.
It is used in a park building.