| Scientific Name: | Nyssa sinensis |
| Common Name: | Chinese tupelo |
| Family Name: | Nyssaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Waterside planting |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Elliptic, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Green-yellow, Green, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Blue, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most ellipitic, 11-15cm long x 3-5cm wide, leathery, lanceolate, with a very wavy margin and the entire leaf curls inward. Winter ID: twigs reddish-brown, 3-4mm wide; buds pubescent; terminal bud about twice a large as lateral buds; fallen leaves slow to decompose. | |