Cork Tree
Phellodendron japonicum
Rutaceae
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Central Japan
Location
Source of plant
University of Guelph Arboretum
Description
Small, erect tree reaching 5 (10) m in height with thin plate-like, finely channeled, deep brown trunk bark;young shoots red-brown; leaves 25-35 cm long, rachis hairy-tomentose, leaflets 9-13, ovate to oval-oblong, 6-10 cm long, base very oblique, slightly cordate or truncate, dull green above, light green beneath and very tomentose, particularly on the venation; ovaries glabrous, fruits black, 1 cm thick, held in erect panicles, effective in September.
USDA Hardiness Zone
6