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Cladrastis platycarpa |
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Japanese Yellowwood |
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Japan |
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Small, rounded tree |
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20 to 40 feet |
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Pea like flowers in
panicles 4 to 6 inches long. |
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Alternate, compound pinnate, 8 to 10” long, 11 to 15
leaflets, each obliquely ovate, acuminate, cuneate to
rounded, 1 1/2 to 4” long, 1 to 1 1/2” wide, dark green
above, glabrous except on midrib and petiole; a small
stipule is at the base of the petiolule of each leaflet. |
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Pods 2 inches long
by 1/2 inch wide and tapering at both ends. |
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