Basisdaten
description:
The Japanese cork tree comes from Japan. In the rest of the world it is a rare tree park.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Phellodendron japonicum
family:
Rutaceae
species:
deciduous tree
height:
up to 10 m (33 ft)
leaf:
The leaves are imparipinnate with 9-13 elongated single leaves. The leaf may be about 30 cm (11,8 in) long. The leaf arrangement is opposite and the autumn colors golden yellow.
leaf shape:
imparipinnate
leaf margin:
smooth
leaf position:
opposite
fall foliage:
golden yellow
flowering:
June - July
blossom color:
green - yellowish
blossom description:
The green-yellow blooms stand in panicles.
fruit:
Stone Fruit: The fruit is black no larger than 1 cm (0.4 in).
bark:
The bark is brown and slightly cracked.
root:
insignificant
location:
sun
soil:
permeable soils preferred
ph value:
slightly acidic to slightly alkaline
usage:
Park tree