WorldFloraDB - Staphylea trifolia

Characteristics

Plants ?suckering?, 2–4(–5) m. Leaves: leaflet blades elliptic to widely obovate, 4.5–13 cm, margins serrulate to serrate, apex acuminate, abaxial surfaces ± villous, densely when young, adaxial glabrous or sparsely hairy. Flowers campanulate; sepals pale greenish, greenish pink to pale pink to whitish, 4–7 mm; petals spatulate, 6–8 mm, apex recurved; filaments not or barely exserted, 6–8 mm, equal to or slightly longer than petals, basally villous; pistils villous, styles ± equal to stamens. Capsules obovoid, 3–5 cm. 2n = 72.

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Erect shrub to 5 m, with striped bark; lvs long-petioled, 3-foliolate, the lfls oblong to elliptic or ovate, 5–10 cm, serrate, the terminal one long-stalked, the lateral sessile or short-stalked and often oblique at base; infls 4–10 cm (peduncle included); fls long-pedicellate, greenish-white, campanulate, 8–10 mm; fr 3-lobed, 5 cm; 2n=78. Moist woods and thickets; s. Que. to Minn., s. to Ga., w. Fla., and Okla. May.

A shrub. The leaves have 3 leaflets and these are 5-8 cm long. The leaflets have fine points and sharp teeth. There are fine hairs underneath the leaves. The leaves change colour in autumn. The flowers are white and 35 mm long. They are in short panicles. The fruit has 3 lobes.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	shrub
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	entomogamy
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Mature height (meter)	4.0
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Environment

Deciduous forests, often humid, often at bases of rocky slopes, floodplain woods, thickets, stream banks; at elevations up to 1,000 metres. Rich moist thickets along streams and the borders of woods.

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It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.

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Usage

The seeds contain a sweet cooking oil. The seeds are eaten raw or they can be used in chocolate chip cookies.

Uses	material medicinal oil
Edible	seeds
Therapeutic use	Dermatological Aid (bark), Gynecological Aid (bark), Pediatric Aid (bark), Sedative (bark), Ceremonial Medicine (seed), Antirheumatic (Internal) (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
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Germination temperacture (C°)	21
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