Scientific Name:
Radermachera sinica
Pronunciation:
rad-er-MOK-er-uh SY-nih-kuh
Common Name:
China doll
Family Name:
Bignoniaceae
Plant Type:
Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:
Leaves bipinnately to tripinnately compound, some leaflets with a few teeth or small lobes, glossy, dark green & lacy.
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Oval - vertical
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
0.4 - 0.7m
Mature Spread:
0.3 - 0.6m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Indoor plant
Additional Info:
Google. Can grow up to 30m tall with a trunk diameter of 1m in its native range!
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Compound
Arrangement:
Opposite
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Lustrous
Compound Leaf:
Bipinnate, Tripinnate
Shapes:
Lanceolate, Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Cordate
Margins:
Dentate, Entire, Pinnately lobed
Inflorescence Type:
Flower Morphology:
Colour (petals):
Flower Time at Peak:
Additional Info:
Indoor plants are unlikely to flower but in natural range it large white funnel shaped flowers with yellow throats.
Fruit Type:
Capsule
Fruit Colour:
Dark-red, Brown
Fruiting Time:
Additional Info:
Fruit insignificant, Unlikely to form on indoor plants
Bark Morphology:
Moderately fissured
Bark or Stem Colour:
Brown
Propagation:
Seed
Optimal Temp.:
Medium
Light Level:
Medium
Maintenance:
Medium
Pest Susceptibility:
Aphids or adelgids, Mealybugs, Scale insects, Thrips
