Staphylea holocarpa

Botanical Description

Staphylea holocarpa is a deciduous shrub or a small tree usually growing 3 - 5 metres tall, occasionally reaching 10 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant produces suckers, forming a cluster of stems[ 1212 Title New Trees Publication Author Grimshaw J.; Bayton R.; Wilks H. Publisher Kew Publishing; London Year 2009 ISBN 1842461737 Description Provides comprehensive botanical descriptions and horticultural commentary on over 800 tree species that have been introduced to cultivation in recent decades. ]. A popular vegetable in parts of China, the plant is often harvested from the wild[ 1687 Title Wild food plants and wild edible fungi in two valleys of the Qinling Mountains (Shaanxi, central China) Publication Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012, 9:26 Author Yongxiang Kang, Lukasz Luczaj, Jin Kang & Shijiao Zhang Website http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/26 Publisher Year 2012 ISBN Description Basic information on 185 wild food plant species. ]. The plant is grown as an ornamental