Koelreuteria | |
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Koelreuteria paniculata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Subfamily: | Sapindoideae |
Genus: |
Koelreuteria Laxm. |
Species | |
Koelreuteria bipinnata |
Koelreuteria bipinnata
Koelreuteria elegans
Koelreuteria paniculata
Koelreuteria /kɛlrᵿˈtɪəriə/ is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to southern and eastern Asia.
They are medium-sized deciduous trees growing to 10–20 m (33–66 ft) tall, with spirally arranged pinnate or bipinnate leaves. The flowers are small and yellow, produced in large branched panicles 20–50 cm (8–20 in) long. The fruit is a three-lobed inflated papery capsule 3–6 cm long, containing several hard nut-like seeds 5–10 mm diameter.
The genus was named after Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, from Karlsruhe, Germany, by Erich Laxmann.