| Scientific Name: | Koelreuteria paniculata |
| Common Name: | golden rain tree |
| Family Name: | Sapindaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open, Upright |
| Form: | Irregular, Round |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Shade tree, Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Ovate, Dentate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Panicle, Yellow, Jul |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Dark-red, Brown, Aug-Sep, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, pinnately compound, most with 11 leaflets that are ovate, most 4-6cm long x 2.5-4cm wide; toothed and/ or lobed (some be be further divided into pinnae), leaf bases variable; florets with yellow and red petals in long panicles; capsules gradually turn from green to reddish to brown, papery, 3-4cm long. Winter ID: irregular branching pattern, globular buds on fuzzy brown twigs, persistent brown papery capsules. | |