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Cladrastis
Sign in to saveCladrastis (yellowwood) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species, three native to eastern Asia and one to southeastern North America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
香槐属（学名：Cladrastis）是蝶形花科下的一个属，为落叶乔木植物。该属共有12种，分布于美洲和东亚。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 192
- With media
- 102
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- USNM, ANSP, WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY, CAS, UOMNH, HUDC
- Recorded in
- United States
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Cladrastis (yellowwood) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species, three native to eastern Asia and one to southeastern North America.
Species of Cladrastis are small to medium-sized deciduous trees typically growing 10–20 m tall, exceptionally to 27 m tall. The leaves are compound pinnate, with 5–17 alternately arranged leaflets. The flowers are fragrant, white or pink, produced in racemes or panicles 15–40 cm long. The fruit is a pod 3–8 cm long, containing one to six seeds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cladrastis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.