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Staphylea bumalda DC.

Modern name

Staphylea bumalda DC.

Synonyms

Bumalda trifolia Thunb.

A deciduous shrub 3 to 6 ft high, of neat habit. Leaves of three leaflets which are 112 to 3 in. long, ovate-lanceolate, sharply toothed, downy on the midrib and veins. Flowers greenish white, 13 in. long, borne in a terminal cymose cluster 112 to 3 in. long. Fruit a membranous inflated capsule about 1 in. long and wide, in two flattened obovate parts, each terminated by the bristle-like, persistent style; seeds yellowish.

Native of Japan, where it inhabits mountainous regions; also of Central and W. China. The Japanese form has not proved of much value in gardens, being rather tender and having few attractions. It flowers in May and June.


Genus

Staphylea

Other species in the genus