Decaisnea

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Decaisnea' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/decaisnea/). Accessed 2023-12-11.

Family

Lardizabalaceae

Species in genus

Decaisnea fargesii

Glossary

bisexual: See hermaphrodite.
compound: Made up or consisting of two or more similar parts (e.g. a compound leaf is a leaf with several leaflets).
family: A group of genera more closely related to each other than to genera in other families. Names of families are identified by the suffix ‘-aceae’ (e.g. Myrtaceae) with a few traditional exceptions (e.g. Leguminosae).
imparipinnate: Odd-pinnate; (of a compound leaf) with a central rachis and an uneven number of leaflets due to the presence of a terminal leaflet. (Cf. paripinnate.)

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Decaisnea' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/decaisnea/). Accessed 2023-12-11.

Decaisnea fargesii comes into its own in the autumn, when the leaves turn golden yellow and contrast with the metallic blue fruits. Cluny House Gardens, Perthshire, UK; 24th October 2020. Image Tom Christian.

A genus of two Asiatic species, distinct from all other members of the Lardizabala family in their shrubby (not climbing) habit, in their pinnate (not palmately compound) leaves and their bisexual flowers. The name commemorates Joseph Decaisne (1807–82), at one time Director of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris.

From the Supplement (Vol.V)

D. fargesii was reintroduced in 1980 by Roy Lancaster and by Keith Rushforth from Mount Omei (Emei Shan) in western Szechwan.