Naming
In different countries, ''Celtis australis'' is known under the following common names:⤷ Arabic: السدرة
⤷ English: the honeyberry tree, European hackberry, hackberry, nettle tree, mediterranean hackberry;
⤷ French: micocoulier;
⤷ German: Zürgelbaum;
⤷ Hindi: ku, batkar, khark, khirk, roku;
⤷ Italian: perlaro, bagolaro;
⤷ Nepali: khari;
⤷ Portuguese: lódão-bastardo, lodoeiro, ginginha-do-rei, agreira;
⤷ Spanish: almez, lodón, ladón, ojaranzo, hojaranzo;
⤷ Turkish: adi çitlembik;
⤷ Polish: wiązowiec południowy
⤷ Bulgarian: копривка;
⤷ Kashmiri: Brimji
⤷ Serbian: копривић, коштела, кошћела, костјела.
⤷ Croatian: kostela, obični koprivić, ladonja, farikul, fafarikula, koščela crna, koprivić, pelegrinka;
Trade names are: nettle wood, brimji.
Evolution
''Celtis australis'' is supposed to have been the Lotus of the ancients, whose fruit Herodotus, Dioscorides, and Theophrastus describe as sweet, pleasant, and wholesome. Homer has Ulysses refer to the "Lotus-eaters" and the "lotus" in ''Odyssey, Book IX''.The fruit and its effects are described in Tennyson's poem ''The Lotos-Eaters''.
Uses
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The fruit of this tree is sweet and edible, and can be eaten raw or cooked. The leaves and fruit are astringent, lenitive and stomachic. Decoction of both leaves and fruit is used in the treatment of amenorrhoea, heavy menstrual and inter-menstrual bleeding and colic. The decoction can also be used to astringe the mucous membranes in the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery and peptic ulcers. A yellow dye is obtained from the bark.
The wood is very tough, pliable, durable and widely used by turners; the flexible thin shoots are used as walking sticks.
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