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Koelreuteria bipinnata Franch.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

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Koelreuteria Laxm. (モクゲンジ)


Consisting of three species, native to southern and eastern Asia
K. bipinnata Franch. (オオモクゲンジ)
K. henryi Dummer (タイワンモクゲンジ)
K. paniculata Laxm. (モクゲンジ)

f. miyagiensis H. Ohashi et Yu.Sasaki (ウスギモクゲンジ)

Koelreuteria bipinnata in Japan


Oomokugenji (オオモクゲンジ, 大木患子), Chinese flame tree, Chinese golden rain tree or Bougainvillea golden-rain tree
Lifeform: deciduous tree ≈ 20 m tall
Distribution: originating from southwestern China
Flower: small, yellow with a touch of red at the base
Fruit: baloon-like, three-lobed inflated papery capsule
Use: gardening
ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] on Murmur (Seseragi) Forest in Oi Pier, Tokyo, on June 3 2016. → bark (樹皮)

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