Vasilis Teodoridis:
Bignoniaceae | Radermachera
6. Radermachera frondosa Chun & How; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 7: 75. 1958.
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Trees 7-20 m tall; branchlets puberulent or glabrescent; lenticellate. Leaves 2-pinnately compound; leaflets 5-7; elliptic or ovate; 4-6 X 1.5-3 cm; papery; terminal ones large; base broadly cuneate; apex caudate-acuminate. Inflorescences paniculate; terminal; ca. 30 cm; 3-branched. Flowers white; red-brown in bud. Pedicel 3-5 mm; pubescent. Calyx 1-1.2 cm; 3- or 4-lobed; lobes ovate-triangular; 2-3 mm; acute. Corolla tubular; 3-4 X 2-2.5 cm; glabrous; lobes rounded; ca. 1.2 cm. Disc cupular; ca. 1 mm. Stamens 4; inserted high in corolla tube; anthers linear; ca. 7 mm. Ovules numerous; in several rows. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule nodding; subterete; 20-40 cm X 5-6 mm. Seeds including wing 7-12 mm. Fl. and fr. throughout year.
* Forests. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan.