Platycarya strobilacea

Synonymes: 
Fortunaea Chinensis
Platycarya kwangtungensis

A tree native to China with compound leaves and a wide, airy crown. It has separate male and female flowers, resembling cones and catkins. It grows to a height of 12 to 15 meters.

Classification

Trees and shrubs

Climat

Zone 7: from -17°C to -12°C

Couleur de feuille

  • Green

Couleur de fleur

  • Cream
  • Green

Exposition

  • Sunny
  • Part shade
  • Shadow

Taille

10 to 15m
10 to 15m

Intérêts remarquables

  • Foliage
  • Fruit

Plante intéressante

  • In spring
  • In autumn

Type de sol

  • Neutral

Utilisation au jardin

  • Isolated
  • Massif
  • Park
  • Parterre

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

  • ORIGIN: Found in mixed forests on mountain slopes, sometimes on limestone; 400-1400 (-2200) M. The species is native to China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
  • CLIMATE:
  • EXPOSURE: Sunny.
  • SOIL: Humiferous
  • GROWTH:
  • PATHOLOGY:
  • MULTIPLICATION: Sowing
  • PRUNING:
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GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

  • DIMENSIONS: Can reach 10m to 15m in height.
  • PORT: Shrub or small tree.
  • TRUNK:
  • BARK:
  • BRANCHES :
  • NOTE:

PHYSIOLOGY OF LEAVES

  • SHAPE: The leaves are pinnate with 1-15 (23) pairs of leaflets, 8-30 cm long, the petiole is 1.2-9 cm long, the leaflets are sessile, ovate-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 3-11 cm long x 1.5-3.5 cm wide
  • COLOR: Green.
  • NOTE: Deciduous foliage.

PHYSIOLOGY OF FLOWERS

  • TIME:
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PHYSIOLOGY OF FRUIT

  • FORM:
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  • SEEDS :
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