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Phellodendron
amurense |
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Amur Cork Tree |
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Northern
China |
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Wide-spreading and open, with
few massive main branches. |
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30-45 feet tall with a similar spread |
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Plants are
monoecious. Flowers
are small, yellowish green, in terminal panicles, not showy. |
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Late May to early
June |
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Leaves are opposite, pinnately
compound with 5-13 leaflets, each leaflet being
2-4 inches long, with a long acuminate apex and
entire margins, lustrous dark green in color. |
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Fall color is yellow to
bronze-yellow. |
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Buds are sub-petiolar |
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Bark is light gray, deeply
fissured, developing heavy, corky ridges. Stems
have prominent, raised horseshoe-shaped leaf
scars, with a bright yellowish green inner wood. |
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Fruit is a round, black drupe,
˝ inch in diameter, with a turpentine odor
when crushed, ripening in October |
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