Synonym: Celtis hottlei.
Mexico: coquito, cautivo, guaya, ojoche blanco, popo mojo.
Belize: bullhoof, luin.
Guatemala: luin, tison.
El Salvador: tison.
Nicaragua: cuscano, yayo.
Genus: 14 species.
Region: central Mexico to Nicaragua.
Habitat: neotropical, primary rainforest, tropical wet forest.
Use: wood for construction, railroad ties.
BotanyTrees; 10–30 m tall.
Stem: trunk 10–50 cm, narrow buttresses ± 2 m tall; bark smooth, white to gray, dark lenticels;
branchlets light brown-gray, lenticellate.
Leaves: stipules ± 4 mm long; petioles 0.6-1.2 cm long; oblong to elliptic; 7–26 cm long, 2.6-10.5 cm wide; apex acuminate, base obliquely attenuate to rounded; margins entire, chartaceous to subcoriaceous when dry; dull dark green above, dull light green beneath, glabrous and smooth on both sides, lateral veins 3-5, palmately veined at the base of the leaf blade.
Inflorescence: axillary compound dichasia, 1-2.5 cm long; with 8-17 flowers, perfect at the apex, staminate at the base.
Flowers: purplish to yellowish green; puberulent bracteoles 1–2 mm long; calyx 1–2 mm long, with 5 lobes, externally puberulent; stamens ± 16, ± 8 in staminate flowers; stamens ± 3 mm long; ovary puberulent, style branches ca. 4 mm long; flowering February.
Fruit: yellow, obovoid, 1.2-1.5 cm tall, 1-1.2 cm wide, velutinous, with persistent style.