Koelreuteria elegans
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 Chinese rain tree with fruit
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| Koelreuteria elegans Laxm. |
Koelreuteria elegans, more commonly known as the Chinese Rain Tree is a deciduous tree to 15-20 metres native to Taiwan and southern China. It is widely grown throughout the tropics and sub-tropical parts of the world as a street tree.
It flowers in early to mid-summer. Flowers are small, to 20 mm in length, and occur in branched clusters at the stem tips. They are butter-yellow with five petals that vary in length until opening. Each flower contains seven to eight pale yellow stamens with hairy white filaments.
The fruit is a brown-purplish three-lobed capsule that splits to reveal a number of black seeds.
It is a declared weed in many parts of the world, particularly Brisbane, Australia[1] and in Hawaii.
[edit] References
- ^ Weed Management Guide: Chinese rain tree – Koelreuteria elegans ssp. formosana. CRC for Australian Weed Management (2003).
