| Scientific Name: | Melliodendron xylocarpum |
| Common Name: | Chinese parasol |
| Family Name: | Styracaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Small garden/space, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Pink, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves ovate-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, 15-25 long x 6-8cm wide when mature, glabrous upper surface, margin entire-serrulate, petiole 3-12mm long; flowers ~5cm wide, 5 white or pink petals, Apr-May; capsules oblong, most 2-7cm long x 1-3cm wide. Winter ID: small tree with ovate buds about 1cm long; fallen capsules. | |