Scientific Name:	Koelreuteria paniculata
Pronunciation:	kole-roo-TEER-ee-uh puh-nick-you-LAY-tuh
Common Name:	golden rain tree
Family Name:	Sapindaceae
Plant Type:	Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Leaves alternate, pinnately compound, most with 11 leaflets that are ovate, toothed; florets with yellow and red petals in long panicles; capsules gradually turn from green to reddish to brown, papery, about 3 cm long. Winter ID: irregular branching pattern, globular buds on fuzzy brown twigs, persistent brown papery capsules.
Course(s):	HORT 1155

Habit: Open, Upright Form: Irregular, Round Texture: Coarse Mature Size: Height: 7 - 10m Spread: 7 - 10m Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China ((China and Korea)) Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Humus rich, Well-drained Landscape Uses: Shade tree, Specimen plant Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Compound Leaf: Odd-pinnate Colour in Fall: Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic Apices: Acute Bases: Acute Margins: Dentate

Inflorescence Type: Panicle Flower Morphology: Colour (petals): Yellow Flower Time at Peak: Jul

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Dark-red, Green, Brown Fruiting Time: Aug, Sep Additional Info: Showy, Persistent

Bark Morphology: Moderately fissured, Single stem trunk Bark or Stem Colour: Dark Grey     Leaf Bud Type: Rounded or globular Leaf Scar Shape: Heart shaped Organ Modifications: Storage tap root

Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Drought resistant, Dieback, Root rot, Wilt

Location(s): (BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend : South of ISH Location Map

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