Camptotheca acuminata

Camptotheca acuminata
Trunk of the tree
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Nyssaceae
Genus: Camptotheca
Species:
C. acuminata
Binomial name
Camptotheca acuminata
Decne.
Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20: 157 (1873)

Camptotheca acuminata is a species of tree in the Camptotheca genus that is native to north Vietnam and southern China. It is also cultivated in the southern United States.

A eudicot, it is a flowering deciduous tree with light gray bark. It can grow to a height of 20 metres (66 ft). Its large, papery leaves are somewhat oval in shape, usually 12 to 28 cm (5 to 10 in) long and 6 to 12 cm (2 to 5 in) wide. The flowers, which bloom from May through July, produce a gray-brown fruit with one seed in September.

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