Goldenraintree

Goldenraintree

Koelreuteria paniculata

Sapindaceae (Soapberry Family)

▲ ▼ 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