Celtis tournefortii, Lam.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 66

4. C. tournefortii Lam. , Encycl. Méth. Bot. 4: 138 (1797)

(inch C. aspera (Ledeb.) Steven ).

Shrub or small tree 1-6 m. Leaves 5-7 x 2-5-4 cm, ovate, crenate or with broad subobtuse teeth, subcordate at base, scabrid to almost smooth on the upper surface, pubescent beneath, dark green. Drupe obovoid, brownish-yellow when ripe; endocarp with 4 ridges. Sicilia, Balkan peninsula, Krym. Bu Gr Ju Rs (K) Si.

Two other species, which seem to represent local populations, have been recognized. C. aspera (Ledeb.) Steven , from Krym, has crenate, scabrid leaves and C. aetnensis Strobl , from Sicilia (Etna) has serrate-crenate, almost smooth leaves.