Amur maackia
Maackia amurensis · Fabaceae · 다릅나무
Look
- Leaves
- Odd-pinnate compound leaves are alternate, with 9 to 11 leaflets, elliptic or long egg-shaped, 5 to 8 cm long and hairless on both sides.
- Flowers
- In July white flowers 8 mm to 1.2 cm across bloom in upward-facing racemes or panicles (10 to 20 cm long) at the branch tips.
- Fruit
- A hairless, broadly linear pod (3.5 to 5 cm long, 7 to 9 mm wide); the seeds are kidney-shaped, 6 mm long, and ripen in September.
- Bark
- Dark brown or yellowish-brown, thick and smooth.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- Russia, China, Japan and throughout the Korean Peninsula.
- Ecology
- Described as growing well on deep, fertile, moist sites at the foot, slope and valley of deep mountains, with strong tolerance of cold, shade and drought and vigorous resprouting.