Phellodendron amurense

Read about Phellodendron amurense in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Phellodendron amurense , Rupr. Amoor Cork Tree. Tree, to 50 ft.: bark of the trunk light gray, corky, deeply fissured: 1-year-old branchlets orange-yellow or yellowish gray, almost glabrous: lfts. 5-13, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, narrowed or rounded at the base, long-acuminate, minutely crenulate, and ciliate, dark green and lustrous above, glaucescent and glabrous beneath or with a few scattered hairs near the base of the midrib, 2-4 in. long: infl. puberulous: fr. globose, black, about l/3-1/2 in. across, with a strong turpentine-like odor when bruised, in broad panicles, 2-3 1/2 in. across. June. N. China, Amurland, Japan. S.T.S. 1:93. S.I.F. 2:33. Var. albo-variegatum, Schwerin. Lvs. variegated with large white blotches. — A hybrid between this species and P. japonicum has been observed in the Botanic Garden at Lund, Sweden. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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