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|genus=Tetracentron
|genus=Tetracentron
|species=sinense
|species=sinense
|taxo_author=Oliv.
|habit=tree
|habit_ref=Wikipedia
|Max ht box=50
|Max ht box=50
|Max ht metric=ft
|Max ht metric=ft
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd box=30
|Max wd box=30
|Max wd metric=ft
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=orange, yellow
|flowers=orange, yellow
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=6
|min_zone=6
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=9
|max_zone=9
|image=Upload.png
|image=Upload.png
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
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'''''Tetracentron''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]], the sole living species being '''''Tetracentron sinense'''''. It was formerly considered the sole genus in the family [[Tetracentraceae]], though modern botanists include it in the family [[Trochodendraceae]] together with the genus ''[[Trochodendron]]''.
It is native to southern [[China]] and the eastern [[Himalaya]], where it grows at altitudes of 1100–3500 m in a temperate climate; it has no widely used common name in English, though is sometimes called "spur-leaf".{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}
It is a [[tree]] growing to 20–40 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[deciduous]] (the [[Flora of China (journal)|''Flora of China'']] reporting it as evergreen is an error), borne singly at the apex of short spur shoots, each leaf dark green, broad heart-shaped, 5–13 cm long and 4–10 cm broad, with a rugose surface and a serrated margin. The spur shoots bear a one leaf each year, slowly lengthening with each subsequent year.
The [[flower]]s are inconspicuous, yellowish green, without petals, produced on slender [[catkin]]s 10–15 cm long; each flower is 1–2 mm diameter. The [[fruit]] is a [[follicle (fruit)|follicle]] 2–5 mm diameter, containing 4-6 [[seed]]s.
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