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 Euptelea pleiosperma Hook. f. & Thomson

Synonym	:	Euptelea davidiana Baill.
Family	:	Eupteleaceae
Local name	:	English- Collar spring wood
Distribution	:	Himalayas and west China; cultivated
Habitat	:	cultivated
Uses		Used as an ornamental plant.
Key botanical characters: It is a small tree it grows with us to around 20ft in height with a similar spread in maturity. The leaves are ovate and wedge shaped at the base, they have a narrow point at the apex and are irregularly toothed. Around 6in in length. The flowers have no sepals or petals and are bisexual. They appear in clusters before the leaves appear and have reddish-green anthers. Fairly inconspicuous the flowers may be but the yellow and red autumn colour is not. The fruits are lance shaped and contain a single seed.