Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim.

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Genus

Pteroceltis

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

alternate: Attached singly along the axis not in pairs or whorls.
apex: (pl. apices) Tip. apical At the apex.
appressed: Lying flat against an object.
globose: globularSpherical or globe-shaped.
nut: Dry indehiscent single-seeded fruit with woody outer wall.
ovate: Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.
unisexual: Having only male or female organs in a flower.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Pteroceltis tatarinowii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/pteroceltis/pteroceltis-tatarinowii/). Accessed 2025-01-13.

Pteroceltis tatarinowii has formed a small, multi-stemmed tree at Kew. September 2011. Image John Anderson.

A deciduous tree with the habit and general aspect of a celtis; young shoots slender and, like the leaves, at first clothed with small appressed hairs which mostly soon fall away. Leaves alternate, toothed, ovate lance-shaped, 2 to 4 in. long, 3⁄4 to 2 in. wide, the apex with a long tapered point, the base three-nerved and broadly wedge-shaped, upper surface harsh to the touch, with innumerable minute warts, lower surface with tufts of down in the vein-axils; stalks 1⁄4 to 1⁄3 in. long. Flowers unisexual, the males in stalkless clusters, the females solitary in the leaf-axils; neither of any beauty. Fruit a globose nut about 1⁄8 in. wide, surrounded by a circular wing notched at the top, the whole 1⁄2 to 3⁄4 in. wide, borne on a slender stalk about 1⁄2 in. long.

Native of Central China; introduced to France in 1894 by Maurice de Vilmorin, who raised the first plants at Les Barres from seed. One of these I saw bearing fruit in July 1904, but none of its seeds had up to then proved fertile. It was introduced to Kew in 1897. Interesting botanically, it will probably only appeal to connoisseurs and lovers of curiosities, for the flowers are quite inconspicuous.

Pteroceltis tatarinowii at Arboretum Gaston-Allard, Angers, France. 7 October 2023. Image Tom Christian.

Foliage on Pteroceltis tatarinowii at Arboretum Gaston-Allard, Angers, France. 7 October 2023. Image Tom Christian.

Pteroceltis tatarinowii foliage detail. RBG Kew, July 2008. Image John Anderson.

'it will probably only appeal to connoisseurs' said W.J. Bean of Pteroceltis tatarinowii. RBG Kew, July 2008. Image John Anderson.

Attractive bark on the trunk of Pteroceltis tatarinowii, which develops into a small tree in a continental climate. JC Raulston Arboretum, North Carolina, USA. June 2019. Image John Grimshaw.

The bark on this tree, at Arboretum Gaston-Allard in Angers, France, is interesting but perhaps not as eye catching as that in the previous image. 7 October 2023. Image Tom Christian.

Pteroceltis tatarinowii leaf upper surface is harsh to the touch (Hillier Gardens, UK, 31 July 2013). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Leaf lower surface of Pteroceltis tatarinowii showing tufts of down in the vein-axils and some appressed hairs (Hillier Gardens, UK, 31 July 2013). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Pteroceltis tatarinowii leaves with three-nerved base (Hillier Gardens, UK, 31 July 2013). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Pteroceltis tatarinowii foliage with slender shoots (Hillier Gardens, UK, 31 July 2013). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Some leaf variation of Pteroceltis tatarinowii (Hillier Gardens, UK, 31 July 2013). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.