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Gymnocladus chinensis

Gymnocladus chinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Gymnocladus
Species: G. chinensis
Binomial name
Gymnocladus chinensis
Baill.

Gymnocladus chinensis, the soap tree or Chinese coffeetree, is a tree in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to central China. It grows slowly and is apparently extremely rare. The leaves have huge bipinnate leaves starting purple then shading to green.

http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Gymnocladus+chinensis



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