Chinese Corktree is a deciduous tree from China and is considered one of the 50 fundamental herbs in Chinese Medicine. It grows 20-30 feet tall and wide, preferring moist well-drained soils in full sun. This tree may be difficult to find for sale in the USA.
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Soil drainage
Good Drainage
Mature size
Height: 20 ft. 0 in. - 30 ft. 0 in. | Width: 20 ft. 0 in. - 30 ft. 0 in.
Growth rate
Medium
Canopy layer
2 - Understory (15-40 ft)
Form & Appearance
Foliage
Deciduous
Leaf color
Green
Leaf type
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf shape
Elliptical; Lanceolate; Oblong; Ovate
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Dark yellow-green leaves with 7-13 leaflets that are ovate-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate. Base cuneate to attenuate and oblique, apex mucronate to acuminate.
Flower color
Green
Flower form
Panicle
Flower detail
Plant is either male or female. Flowers in June.
Fruit color
Black
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Non-native
Origin
Asia
Food & Medicine
Uses (ethnobotany)
One of the 50 fundamental herbs in Chinese medicine