Goldenrain
(Koelreuteria paniculata )

Tree Description

The tree is small but can reach 30 feet in height.

Leaf Description
 

• Leaf Texture is slightly pubescent
  
• Leaf Margin is doubly serrate
• Leaf Venation is pinnate 
• Leaf Arrangement is alternate
• Leaf Division pinnately compound
• Leaf Attachment is petiolate
• 7 pairs of leaflets and 1 at the top
• Leaflets are almost opposite of each other
  

 Bark Description
       
The bark has a silver grayish color with flat ridge tops.

Twig and Bud Description

The twig is stout and has a reddish-browncolor and the buds are round.

Fruit Description

The fruit has a triangular capsule that is 1 to 2 inches long.  The fruit is found in clusters and contain three hard, black, circular seeds.

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Resources:

• http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/main.htm
• Symonds, George W. D. The Tree Identification Book. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1958.
• Trees and Nonflowering Plants. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.,1998