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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Celtis australis</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>European hackberry</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Celtis</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>European hackberry</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>European nettle tree</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Mediterranean hackberry</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>lote tree</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Species of hackberry native to Mediterranean climates and used as an ornamental elsewhere, having lance-shaped, gray-green leaves and relatively large edible fruit. This plant may have been the Lotus described by ancient writers as sweet and wholesome. ]]></note></mads>