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Species within a genus
Genus:
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C
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CELTIS
(
La
)
White Stinkwood, Witstinkhout (
Le
)
Family:
CELTIDACEAE
celtis, = stone-chisel, sculptor’s chisel;
celtis, = an African species of lotus.(Pliny)
(
Ox
,
ld
)
Celtis africana
(
La
)
African Elm, Witstinkhout, Umvumvu (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
P
)
Africa, = Africa;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
africanus, = pertaining to Africa, African.
(from Africa)
(
BL
,
ld
)