| Davidia involucrata var. vilmoriniana (Dode) Wanger. | ||
| Davidiaceae | ||
|
A medium-sized tree recalling Tilia. The leaves are summer-green, tinged orange and red in autumn. The
leaves of this variety are glabrous, not silky hairy beneath. In May/June there are produced the
inconspicious flowers in heads up to 2.5 cm across. In the heads there is one female flower with many male
flowers. Each head has a pair of unequal white bracts, looking like handkerchiefs. Often you have to wait
perhaps 20 years until the tree is flowering.
Home: China Other views: Flower,fruit, winter bud Cultivated: Germany,France Author: Ulrich Herzog Not found! Ethnobotanical aspects of Davidia involucrata by Plants for a future database Back to the plant list |
