Koelreuteria paniculata
Common name:
Golden Raintree
Panicled Golden Raintree
Pronunciation:
kol-ru-TEE-ri-a pan-ik-u-LA-ta
Family:
Sapindaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Broadleaf deciduous tree, 25-35ft (~7.5-10.5 m), rounded outline, spreading and ascending branches, open, reddish copper-colored foliage in spring. Leaves alternate, compound (pinnate and bipinnate), 15-20 cm long, each leaflet (2.5-10 cm long) irregularly crenate-serrate. Flower is perfect, yellow, 4 petals, about 1 cm wide, in clusters 30-40 cm long. Blooms in summer, early to late, apparently the time is dependent upon climate and seedling variation. Fruit are papery capsules (green, yellow, finally light brown), 3.5-5 cm long, in clusters, persist.
- Sun, tough and adaptable.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 5 Native to China, Japan, Korea. There is an upright form available, i.e., ‘Fasigiata’.
- Caution: Koelreuteria paniculata is considered to be invasive and a threat to native vegetation in some parts of the country.
- Koelreuteria: after Joseph Gottlieb Koelreuter (1733-1806), German professor of botany. paniculata: with flowers in panicles.
- Corvallis: in front of the Corvallis Senior Center, near Tyler Ave. and 26th St.
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