Kingdom Plantae Family Fabaceae Genus Gymnocladus | Order Fabales Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Rank Species | |
Similar Gymnocladus, Kentucky coffeetree, Gleditsia sinensis, Gleditsia, Gleditsia japonica | ||
Gymnocladus chinensis, the soap tree or Chinese coffeetree, is a tree in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to central China. It grows slowly and is apparently extremely rare. The leaves have huge bipinnate leaves starting purple then shading to green.
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