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Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Trees or shrubs. Stipules 0. Leaves 1-pinnate (imparipinnate) or 2-pinnate, alternate; leaflets serrate. Inflorescence a large terminal panicle. Flowers yellow, zygomorphic; calyx deeply 5-lobed. Petals 4 (or 3 in male flowers), clawed. Stamens up to 8. Ovary 3-locular. Fruit a bladder-like capsule. Seeds black. Derivation of name: Named after Joseph G. Koelreuter, 1734-1806, professor of natural history at Karlsruhe Worldwide: 3 species in China and Taiwan Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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