Trochodendron aralioides

Description

Usually an epiphyte or a tree in the wild and may grow up to 10m or more, but in cultivation is usually a slow-growing shrub to 3m; it has aromatic bark, spirally arranged, long-stalked, evergreen leaves up to 12cm long, which are tapered, obovate, leathery, glossy, bright green or olive-green, with scalloped margins, and racemes up to 12cm long of 10-20 or more bright green flowers, 2cm across, which have no petals but numerous stamens radiating from central green discs, in late spring and early summer

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