Sinojackia rehderiana
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- sy-no-JAK-ee-a re-der-ee-AH-na
- Description
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Sinojackia rehderiana is drought and heat tolerant. It blooms in late spring; interesting-looking woody fruit; native of China.
Quick ID
- White, pendulous cymes of bell-like flowers in late spring
- Fruit is woody cylindrical drupe with long 'beak'
- Flowers are 2.5-3 cm dia.; 5-6 petals, fused at base
- Deciduous shrub/small tree with shiny green leaves
Form: Large shrub to small tree; somewhat irregular; arching; can be unkept
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Sinojackia
- Species:
- rehderiana
- Family:
- Styracaceae
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- China
- Dimensions:
- Height: 15 ft. 0 in. - 20 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 15 ft. 0 in. - 20 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Tree
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Arching
- Irregular
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 6b, 6a, 7b, 7a, 8b, 8a
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Drupe
- Fruit Length:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Description:
- Fruits are oblong cylindrical woody drupe with a long, acuminate apex, ca 2 cm.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Cyme
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Size:
- 1-3 inches
- Flower Description:
- The inflorescence is pendulous cymes on short leafy lateral shoots, axillary. Flowers are white, campanulate, nodding, ca 2.5 cm diameter; petals (5-6) elliptic-oblong, fused at base; calyx turbinate with 5-7 lobes.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Glossy
- Leathery
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Shape:
- Elliptical
- Obovate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 3-6 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Leaves are alternate, simple elliptic to elliptic obovate, acuminate, rotund, serrulate to entire, shiny dark green and glabrous above, pubescent on veins below, 4-12 cm long; buds naked, pubescent, leafy, brown.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Surface:
- Hairy (pubescent)
- Stem Description:
- Stems are slender, brown, pubescent, developing vertical fissures and becoming stringy; pith green, solid.
