Katsura
Cercidiphyllum japonica


A large deciduous tree with dark greyish brown bark.

Leaves are opposite, ovate orbicular, glabrous beneath.

It grows in the valley of low mountain and planted for garden tree.

The wood is used for buildings, furnitures, instruments, sculptures.

Distribution ; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, China


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