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Celtis iguanaea (Jacq.) Sarg.

Iguana hackberry

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Iguana hackberry
Other names Azufaifo; Cockspur;

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories USA (Alabama, Florida, Texas); Bahamas; Cayman Isl.; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola); Antigua; Barbados; Barbuda; Dominica; Grenadines; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Martinique; Montserrat; Saba; St. Barthélémy; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Saint Lucia; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Vincent; Aruba; Bonaire; Curaçao; Isla Margarita; Trinidad; Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; El Salvador; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Peru; Ecuador; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes); Uruguay (Maldonado, Paysandu, Rivera, Rocha, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); C-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); Peru; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Chocó, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle, Vichada); Ecuador; NE-Brazil (Ceara, Bahia, Alagoas); C-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Rosales
Family Cannabaceae
Genus Celtis
Species iguanaea
Author citation (Jacq.) Sarg.
Scientific name Celtis iguanaea (Jacq.) Sarg.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Wood

Iguana hackberry

Celtis iguanaea , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

Iguana hackberry

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Iguana hackberry

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Fruit

Iguana hackberry

, Fruit , ©Dennis Wilson