Celtis philippensis

Celtis philippensis, is an Asian species of flowering plant in the family Cannabaceae. It is a tree which can grow up to 30 meters tall.^[1] It ranges from India and Sri Lanka to southern China and Taiwan, the Philippines, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, and northern Australia.^[2]

Celtis philippensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Cannabaceae
Genus:	Celtis
Species:	C. philippensis
Binomial name
Celtis philippensis Blanco (1837)[2]
Synonyms[2]
List Bosea trinervia Roxb. (1824) Celtis brevinervis (Blume) Planch. (1873) Celtis collinsiae Craib (1918) Celtis djungiel (Blume) Planch. (1873) Celtis hasseltii (Blume) Planch. (1873) Celtis laurifolia (Blume) Planch. (1873) Celtis mindanaensis Elmer (1915) Celtis multifolia Elmer ex Merr. (1923) pro syn. Celtis philippensis var. consimilis J.-F.Leroy (1948) Celtis philippensis var. wightii (Planch.) Soepadmo (1977) Celtis trinervia (Roxb.) Koord. (1912) nom. illeg. Celtis wightii Planch. (1848) Celtis wightii var. consimilis (Blume) Gagnep. (1928) Solenostigma brevinerve Blume (1856) Solenostigma consimile Blume (1856) Solenostigma djungiel Blume (1856) Solenostigma hasseltii Blume (1856) Solenostigma laurifolium Blume (1856) Solenostigma wightii Blume (1856) Solenostigma philippinensis (Blanco) Blume (1856)

It grows in tropical and subtropical forests,^[2] including moist evergreen forests, monsoon forests, and littoral forests, from sea level up to 1,400 metres elevation.^[1]

It Australia it is an important food plant for larvae of the common aeroplane (Phaedyma shepherdi) and tailed emperor (Polyura sempronius) butterflies.^[1]

In culture

Known as "මැදිතෙල්ල - medithella" in Sinhala.