Celtis conferta subsp. amblyphylla, commonly known as cotton wood or cotton-wood, is a flowering plant in the hemp and hackberry family.
Description C. c. subsp. amblyphylla is a tree with whitish bark growing to approximately in height. Its thick, leathery, oval leaves are long and wide. Clusters of small flowers, long, appear on the tree from November to February. The tree's round, purple fruits are about in diameter.
Distribution and habitat The subspecies is endemic to Australia's subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, where it is widespread in lowland forest. The only other subspecies, C. c. subsp. conferta, is endemic to New Caledonia.
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