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 '''''Koelreuteria paniculata''''' ('''Goldenrain tree''', '''Pride of India''', or '''China tree''') is a species of ''[[Koelreuteria]]'' native to eastern [[Asia]], in [[China]] and [[Korea]].
 It is a small to medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 17 m tall, with a broad, dome-shaped crown.
 The [[leaf|leaves]] are pinnate, 15-40 cm (rarely to 50 cm) long, with 7-15 leaflets 3-8 cm long, with a deeply serrated margin; the larger leaflets at the mid-point of the leaf are sometimes themselves pinnate but the leaves are not consistently fully bipinnate as in the related ''[[Koelreuteria bipinnata]]''.
-The [[flower]]s are yellow, with four petals, growing in large terminal [[panicle]]s 20-40 cm long. The [[fruit]] is a three-parted inflated bladderlike pod 3-6 cm long and 2-4 cm broad, green ripening orange to pink in autumn, containing several dark brown to black [[seed]]s 5-8 mm diameter. <br clear = left>
+The [[flower]]s are yellow, with four petals, growing in large terminal [[panicle]]s 20-40 cm long. The [[fruit]] is a three-parted inflated bladderlike pod 3-6 cm long and 2-4 cm broad, green ripening orange to pink in autumn, containing several dark brown to black [[seed]]s 5-8 mm diameter.
 There are two [[variety (biology)|varieties]]:
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 *''Koelreuteria paniculata'' var. ''apiculata'' (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Rehder (syn. ''K. apiculata''). Western China ([[Sichuan]]), intergrading with var. ''paniculata'' in central China. Leaves with larger leaflets commonly bipinnate.
-[[Image:Fruits of Koelreuteria paniculata.jpg|thumb|left|''K. paniculata'' fruits]]
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 ==Cultivation==
 It is popularly grown as an [[ornamental plant|ornamental tree]] in [[temperate]] regions all across the world because of the aesthetic appeal of its flowers, leaves and seed pods. Several [[cultivar]]s have been selected for garden planting, including 'Fastigiata' with a narrow crown, and 'September Gold', flowering in late summer.
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 In some areas, notably the eastern [[United States]] and particularly in [[Florida]], it is considered an [[invasive species]].
 ==References==
 *[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Koelreuteria+paniculata Plants for a Future: ''Koelreuteria paniculata'']
 *[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/kopa.htm ''Koelreuteria paniculata'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]
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			Koelreuteria paniculata, Laxm. (Sapindus chinensis, Linn.). Figs. 2042-2044. Tree, to 30 ft.: lvs. pinnate or sometimes bipinnate, to 14 in. long; lfts. 7-15, ovate to oblong- ovate, coarsely and irregularly crenate-serrate, at the base often incisely lobed, glabrous above, pubescent on the veins below or nearly glabrous, 1-3 ½ in. long: fls. yellow, ½ in. long, in broad panicles to 18 in. long; filaments hairy: caps, ovate-oblong, gradually narrowed into the pointed apex, 1 ½ -2 in. long. July, Aug.; fr. in Sept. China, Korea, Japan. I.T. 4:147. G.C. III. 2:561. B.R. 330. Gng. 2:353; 8:219. Gn. 32, p. 378. J.H.S. 27, p. 875. G.W. 5, p. 81; 9, p. 9; 13, p. 529.— It is often cult, in the Cent. W., Kans., Mo., and southward, as an ornamental tree, as it stands drought and hot winds well. It is there popularly known as "pride of India" or "China tree," but the first name belongs properly to Melia Azedarach and the second to Sapindus; it is also sometimes called "varnish tree," but the true varnish tree is Rhus verniciflua.—K. japonica, Sieb., is scarcely different; it is said to differ in its more deeply serrate lvs. and smaller fr.

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Koelreuteria paniculata''
| image = KoelreuteriaPaniculata5.jpg
| image_width = 260px
| image_caption = Foliage and flowers of var. ''apiculata''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Sapindaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Koelreuteria]]''
| species = '''''K. paniculata'''''
| binomial = ''Koelreuteria paniculata''
| binomial_authority = [[Erich Laxmann|Laxm.]]
}}

'''''Koelreuteria paniculata''''' ('''Goldenrain tree''', '''Pride of India''', or '''China tree''') is a species of ''[[Koelreuteria]]'' native to eastern [[Asia]], in [[China]] and [[Korea]].

[[Image:Leafage of Koelreuteria paniculata.JPG|left|thumb|Leaf of var. ''paniculata'']]
It is a small to medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 17 m tall, with a broad, dome-shaped crown.

The [[leaf|leaves]] are pinnate, 15-40 cm (rarely to 50 cm) long, with 7-15 leaflets 3-8 cm long, with a deeply serrated margin; the larger leaflets at the mid-point of the leaf are sometimes themselves pinnate but the leaves are not consistently fully bipinnate as in the related ''[[Koelreuteria bipinnata]]''.

The [[flower]]s are yellow, with four petals, growing in large terminal [[panicle]]s 20-40 cm long. The [[fruit]] is a three-parted inflated bladderlike pod 3-6 cm long and 2-4 cm broad, green ripening orange to pink in autumn, containing several dark brown to black [[seed]]s 5-8 mm diameter. <br clear = left>

There are two [[variety (biology)|varieties]]:
*''Koelreuteria paniculata'' var. ''paniculata''. Northern China and Korea. Leaves single-pinnate.
*''Koelreuteria paniculata'' var. ''apiculata'' (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Rehder (syn. ''K. apiculata''). Western China ([[Sichuan]]), intergrading with var. ''paniculata'' in central China. Leaves with larger leaflets commonly bipinnate.

[[Image:Fruits of Koelreuteria paniculata.jpg|thumb|left|''K. paniculata'' fruits]]
==Cultivation==
It is popularly grown as an [[ornamental plant|ornamental tree]] in [[temperate]] regions all across the world because of the aesthetic appeal of its flowers, leaves and seed pods. Several [[cultivar]]s have been selected for garden planting, including 'Fastigiata' with a narrow crown, and 'September Gold', flowering in late summer.

The seeds are edible when roasted, but not commonly consumed.

In some areas, notably the eastern [[United States]] and particularly in [[Florida]], it is considered an [[invasive species]].

==References==
*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Koelreuteria+paniculata Plants for a Future: ''Koelreuteria paniculata'']
*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/kopa.htm ''Koelreuteria paniculata'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]

[[Category:Invasive plant species]]

Koelreuteria paniculata - Revision history

WikiWorks at 19:04, 8 May 2011

Christi at 12:11, 30 March 2010

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