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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Sapindaceae (ムクロジ科) > Koelreuteria bipinnata
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)
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
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[1-3] on Murmur (Seseragi) Forest in Oi Pier, Tokyo, on June 3 2016. → bark (樹皮)