Platycarya strobilacea, a deciduous 5-10m tree,
occasionally 30m, inhabits sunny forest edges. Leaves are alternate;
of an imparipinnate compound leaf, 20-30cm long, petioles and
rhachises have vellus hairs, with 5-7 pairs of leaflets. The
leaflets measure 5-10cm, 1-3cm wide, lanceolate, with stalks next to
nothing, sharply pointed tips, pointed serrations on margins, and
bases are cuneate or circular - suitable and left asymmetry.
Dioecious: New branch tips erect several racemes; the single
terminal ones are female inflorescences, about 2cm long, and the
other 4-10cm long ones around them are males. Flowers lack perianths.
Bloom time: June. |