| Scientific Name: | Cercidiphyllum japonicum |
| Common Name: | katsura, Japanese katsura tree |
| Family Name: | Cercidiphyllaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Street (boulevard tree) |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Crenate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Green, Red, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Follicle, Green, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves blue-green, opposite (rarely alternate), orbicular, most blades 5-7cm wide, base cordate, margins crenate/serrate, point downward, coppey in spring and then pinkish-yellow in autumn; flowers on female tree, bloom reddish in spring, follicles pod-like, green, most <15mm long. Winter ID: buds small, red, opposite, appressed, 'lobster claws'; fruit on female plants banana shaped, 1-1.5cm long, split on one side, brown; fallen dark brown leaves (slow to decompose). | |