Pagoda Tree

Basisdaten

description:

The Japanese pagoda tree is originally from China. In Japan, Europe and North America it has been introduced as a flowering tree. The Pagoda tree is highly valued because it blooms very profusely in late summer. Its German name Schnurbaum comes from the constricted seed in the seed capsule.

Tree profile

name botanical:

Styphnolobium japonicum

other name:

Chinese Scholar

other name:

Japanese Pagodatree

family:

Legume or pea or bean family (Fabaceae)

species:

deciduous tree

height:

up to 20 m (66 ft)

leaf:

The leaves of Pagoda tree are up to 25 cm long and odd-pinnate with 7-17 oval leaflets. The leaf upside is shiny, the underside is tomentose. The leaf margin is smooth.

leaf shape:

imparipinnate

leaf margin:

smooth

fall foliage:

yellow

flowering:

August - September

blossom color:

white

blossom description:

The white flowers are up to 30 cm (11.8 in) long panicles. The single flower is barely larger than a centimeter.

gender distribution:

monoecious / hermaphrodite

fruit:

The hardly 10 cm (3.9 in) long legumes containing up to 6 seeds. The seeds taste sour and are poisonous.

branches:

The twigs are green at the beginning, with bright lenticels and later brown.

bark:

The bark is gray-brown with deep lengthwise fissures.

root:

Shallow-rooting plant-Heart-rooting plant, soil compaction tolerates

location:

Sun to slight shade

soil:

sandy to loamy

ph value:

acidic to alkaline

usage:

single tree in large gardens and parks