Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Maackia Rupr. [805]

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Fabaceae

family_ja: マメ

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description_en: Genus of about 8 species of deciduous trees or shrubs occurring in woodland in E. Asia. Maackias are cultivated both for their foliage and flowers. The leaves are alternate and pinnate, each with up to 17 pairs of leaflets and a single terminal one. The small, pea-like flowers are produced in dense, terminal racemes or panicles in summer, and are followed by compressed, linear-oblong seed pods. Maackias are unusual specimen trees.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy.

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propagation_en: Sow seed outdoors in containers or in a seedbed, in autumn. Insert greenwood cuttings in early or midsummer.

pests_en: Trouble free.

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comment: E.Asia

comment_ja: イヌエンジュ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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