About 10 species of deciduous tall trees; bark is frequently thick and corky. Winter buds are enclosed by the base of the petiole. Leaves opposite, compound (pinnate). Flowers small, dioecious, yellow tinged with green, sepals and petals 5-8. Fruit a globose, pea-sized black drupe. Native to temperate and tropical eastern Asia.
Phellodendron: from Greek, phellos, cork, and denderon, tree, a reference to the corky bark of some species.
Pronunciation:
fel-o-DEN-dron
Family:
Rutaceae