ARBORELE LAMPION - The Lampion tree

Koelreuteria paniculata is a Chinese and Korean tree.

In this picture you can see bees!

The flowers are yellow, with four petals, growing in large terminal panicles 20–40 cm (8–16 in) long. The fruit is a three-parted inflated bladderlike pod 3–6 cm long and 2–4 cm broad, green ripening orange to pink in autumn, containing several dark brown to black seeds 5–8 mm diameter.

It is in flower from Jul to August, and the seeds ripen from Sep to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees.It is noted for attracting wildlife.

As melissa quality for bees is put in the small category because it is not very widespread in our area and is used only as an ornamental tree. Massively, this can offer between 100 and 200 kg of honey per hectare.

Leaves and flowers!

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Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil. The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure.
It can tolerate atmospheric pollution.

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Seeds.

Source of picture: made by me with Samsung S5 last picture link from wikipedia.org
Source of information: Wikipedia and PFAF

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