Basisdaten
description:
The American bladdernut is native to eastern North America. From the seeds sweetish oil is produced.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Staphylea trifolia
family:
Bladdernut family (Staphyleaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
small tree / shrub
leaf:
The leaves of American bladdernut are green, odd-pinnate with 5 - 7 singles leaves. The leaflets are up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long and up to 5 cm (2 in) broad. The leaf margin is serrated.
leaf shape:
imparipinnate
leaf margin:
serrated
leaf position:
opposite
fall foliage:
greenish to pale yellow
flowering:
May
blossom color:
white
blossom description:
The white flowers hang in white panicles (to 20 cm) and appear after the leaf shoots. The pedicels are reddish.
gender distribution:
monoecious / hermaphrodite
fruit:
The seed capsules (capsule fruit) are first light green and filled with air. In autumn they are brown and dry.
branches:
The branches are gray-brown to green and dainty. The buds are small and brown. Among the buds are clearly visible leaf scars.
bark:
The bark is first green, at larger trees gray-brown, striped and smooth.
root:
Shallow-rooting plant with dense root system. root runners
location:
Sun to half-shade
soil:
normal soils
ph value:
acid - alkaline
usage:
single tree, garden, embankment planting