drought Lotus tree

Camptotheca acuminata

  • drought Lotus tree
  • drought Lotus tree
  • drought Lotus tree
  • drought Lotus tree
  • drought Lotus tree
  • drought Lotus tree
  • drought Lotus tree
  • drought Lotus tree
  • Flower name
    drought Lotus tree
  • Scientific name
    Camptotheca acuminata
  • Aliasキジュ, Cancer tree, Tree of Life, Happy tree, 喜樹, 旱蓮木
  • Place of originChina
  • Place of floweringBotanical Gardens
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August, September

What is drought Lotus tree

Drought Lotus tree , scientific name:Camptotheca acuminata, is a deciduous tree native to China of the cornaceae. Flower that blooms in the summer, the Leucaena leucocephala (Silver Huan), similar seenfrom fruits of fall looks like chestnuts. And here near the fruit, chestnuts, light has a small soft short form. Large oblong and glossy leaves, leaf veins are clearly. Leaves are hairless, but the dense hairy leaves behind at the base. The leaves are palmately lobed with branches to. Give the purple edible aggregate fruit globular yellow flowers bloom in the summer, the yellow in the fall. Applications, and anti-cancer effect is medicinal materials such as trees and furniture, paper materials, fruits, roots, stem a familynd leaves. This anti-cancer effect, esters, known as Cancer tree, the Tree of Life, and the Happy tree. However, the side effects are stronger in the current is not used. That joy represents thriving posterity from in China, the life-force of camptotheca acuminata strongly having a number of fruit trees, called GJ .

Common name: drought Lotus tree, Scientific name:Camptotheca acuminata, Aka: Cancer tree, Tree of Life, Happy tree, Origin: China, living type: deciduous trees, height: 30 m, leaf: oblong, leaf arrangement: alternate, lamina length: 15-25 cm, leaf width: 5-10 cm, veins: clear, dense fluff the hair: none (front), base (back), Foliage: glossy stock, flowering: from July, September, flower color: pale yellow → yellow, Berry type: purple edible aggregate fruit, set fruit diameter: 3 cm, fruiting period: from October December ,fruit color: yellow-green, fruit shape: spherical, applications: trees, furniture, paper materials, medicinal (anti-cancer effects), medicinal parts: fruit, root, stem and leaves


  • Order
    Cornales
  • Family
    Cornaceae
  • Genus
    Camptotheca
  • Species
    C. acuminata
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Compound scape inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    4 petals
  • Leaf type
    oblong
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeDeciduous tree
  • Flower colorsYellow
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height2000.0 ~ 3000.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.1 ~ 0.2 cm

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