

Yellowhorn
Botanical name: Xanthoceras
Yellowhorn
Botanical name: Xanthoceras


Description

Yellowhorn is a woody perennial, growing to 8 m tall. Yellowhorn includes only one species. The leaves are arranged alternately, and are pinnate, with 9–17 leaflets, the leaflets with a sharly serrated margin. The flowers with five white petals, and are produced in erect panicles in mid spring. The fruit is an oval leathery capsule, which splits into three sections at maturity to release the 6–18 seeds; the seeds are black, resembling a small horse chestnut seed. It is native to northern China.





Scientific Classification
