''Celtis toka'' is a medium-sized tree that commonly occurs adjacent to streams and rivers in the Sudanian-

Sahel The Sahel (; ar, ساحل ' , "coast, shore") is a region in North Africa. It is defined as the ecoclimatic and biogeographic realm of transition between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian savanna to the south. Having a hot semi-arid c ...

savannah climates of Tropical Africa but it can survive in drier habitats; it is also found of Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Description

Tree is capable of growing up to tall, the trunk is usually cylindrical with a fairly compact crown, the bark is light grey and smooth with narrow buttressed roots, brown patches left when thin scales defoliates from bark. Leaves are simple in arrangement with a coriaceous and scabrid surface, the stipules is 4–5 mm long and it is pubescent; the leaf-blade is broadly ovate in outline, about 5–7 cm long and 2–4 cm wide, the apex is acuminate to rounded and the base is cordate, the petiole is 4–6 mm long; margin entire, the

stoma In botany, a stoma (from Greek ''στόμα'', "mouth", plural "stomata"), also called a stomate (plural "stomates"), is a pore found in the epidermis of leaves, stems, and other organs, that controls the rate of gas exchange. The pore is bor ...

ta is unequalled cell type, meaning it is anisocytic. Yellow-green flowers are in axillary cymes. The fruits is a globular drupe, 8–11 mm long with an endocarp that is greyish in color and ovoid in shape

Distribution

Occurs in savannah regions, from Senegal to Sudan in Africa and also occurs in Yemen.

References

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