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Celtis L.
Genus composed of some 70 species, distributed in temperate and tropical climates of most of the world. In North Africa it is represented by a single species; C. australis, distributed through the more humid areas of the Mediterranean region. Although a further tropical species could be included, C. toka, that reaches towards the N to the S of Mauritania and the Sahelian areas of Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan.
Key to species
1 Leaves ovate-oblong to lanceolate, with twice dentate margin Celtis australis
1 Leaves elliptic, with entire margin Celtis toka
Updated by: A.V. Pérez Latorre & J. Charco.