Koelreuteria elegans subsp. formosana (Hayata) F.G.Mey.

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Subspecies

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Characteristics

Trees, 15-17 m tall or higher. Branches ridged, pubescent. Leaves bipinnate, with petiole ca. 50 cm; leaflets 5-13; petiolules 2-2.5 cm; blades oblong-ovate, 6-8 × 2.5-3 cm, varied in shape and size, subleathery, abaxially glabrous or only barbate at vein axils, base extremely oblique, margin slightly incurved serrate or nearly entire below middle, apex long acuminate to caudate. Thyrses terminal, large, ca. 25 cm; branches and pedicels pubescent. Flowers yellow, ca. 5 mm in diam. Sepals 5, oval or ovate-triangular, ciliate. Petals 5, lanceolate or oblong, with 2-lobed, tuberculate toothed scale, claw hairy. Stamens 7 or 8; filaments hairy. Capsules inflated, ellipsoid, 3-ridged, ca. 4 cm; carpels subcordiform, abaxially reticulate veined, adaxially shiny. Seeds black, globose, ca. 5 mm in diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention
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Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 11.5 - 14.5
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Images

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Distribution

Koelreuteria elegans subsp. formosana world distribution map, present in China, Cuba, Honduras, Taiwan, Province of China, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:891070-1
WFO ID wfo-0000357200
COL ID 5J7K3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Koelreuteria formosana Koelreuteria henryi Koelreuteria elegans subsp. formosana