Goldenraintree

Koelreuteria paniculata

Sapindaceae (Soapberry Family)

▲▼ flowering trees

▲▼ flowering trees

▲ young tree, showing leaf shape

▲ flowers

▲ immature fruit

▲ mature fruit

▲ bark

Location on Missouri State University campus:  on south side of Lot 22 and 24, south of Grand St.

                         Koelreuteria paniculata: Goldenraintree

                   ·         leaves alternate, deciduous, pinnately or bipinnately compound with 7-15 leaflets; leaflets 1-2" long and 2 as wide and lobed margins; dark green and glabrous above; somewhat pubescent underneath; may have good yellow fall color

                   ·         stems stout, olive to light brown, glabrous with prominent, raised, orange-brown lenticels and white pith

                   ·         bark is gray brown with ridges and furrows on older trunks

                   ·         grows 30-40' tall in rounded or spreading outline

                   ·         flowers are yellow, showy in large open terminal panicles from early to late summer; fruit is a 3-sided capsule with round, black seeds inside

                   ·         prefers full sun to part shade; soil adaptable, except very wet soils

                   ·         medium to fast growth rate