Styphnolobium japonicum

Pagoda Tree, Japanese Pagoda Tree

[not native to the Mid-Atlantic area]

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Family: Fabaceae

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: August

Pagoda Tree is native to eastern Asia, mainly China, from where it was introduced into Japan. It is a popular ornamental tree that is not normally seen in the wild in the mid-Atlantic area.

Note its striking similarity to Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia). Pagoda Tree's leaflets are more pointed, and it blooms in late summer, not the spring like Black Locust.

2 August 2014 Middletown, VA

2 August 2014 Middletown, VA

2 August 2014 Middletown, VA

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