Pride-of-India - Koelreuteria paniculata
Golden Rain Tree
Koelreuteria paniculata is an elegant small deciduous tree. Leaves are pinnate, pinkish in spring, turning yellow in autumn. Small yellow flowers in conspicuous large panicles, followed by ornamental inflated bladder like bronze fruits.
Occasionally planted in parks and other public spaces.
Flowering in spring.
Deciduous perennial.
Little recorded in Britain and usually only found as a planted tree.
Rare or not recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
Saharima Roenisch
Abbey Park
30 July 2017
Saharima Roenisch
Abbey Park
30 July 2017
Saharima Roenisch
Abbey Park
30 July 2017
close up of flower
Saharima Roenisch
Abbey Park
30 July 2017
Golden Rain Tree - Koelreuteria paniculata
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Species profile
- Common names
- Pride-of-India
- Species group:
- Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Sapindales
- Family:
- Sapindaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 30/07/2017 (Roenisch, Saharima)
- Last record:
- 15/12/2017 (Roenisch, Saharima)
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