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02-11-2007, 04:58 PM
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| | | Tree Ident
Hi All,
Can anyone come up with a name for this exotic we have growing in our nature reserve car park. The best I can come up with is Toona sinensis Chinese Toon Tree (formerly Chinese Cedar) but the leaflets are too many and don't look quite right structurally.
The tree 
The bark 
The buds 
The leaf - compared to a normal sized drink can 
The leaflet structure. Note how it is lobed like elms. Average of 12 pairs of leaflets, but did find ones with up to 16 pairs.
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02-11-2007, 05:01 PM
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Tree-of-heaven ( Ailanthus altissima) - an invasive pest in my area  |
02-11-2007, 05:12 PM
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Thanks Tiggrx 
Adam |
02-11-2007, 07:22 PM
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Aaarrrgh!! Wrongly named if ever a tree was.  Heaven? Not the way it suckers everywhere (evident in your photo) and its sticky sap permanently stains any clothing it comes into contact with.  |
02-11-2007, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by solus  Aaarrrgh!! Wrongly named if ever a tree was. Heaven? Not the way it suckers everywhere (evident in your photo) and its sticky sap permanently stains any clothing it comes into contact with. | Also has a very pervasive unpleasant scent when flowering |
02-11-2007, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiggrx Also has a very pervasive unpleasant scent when flowering | Just read up on this tree. The leaves also have an unpleasant odour "like old tennis shoes". What has this tree got going for it.
Paul
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02-11-2007, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by paulchandler6 Just read up on this tree. The leaves also have an unpleasant odour "like old tennis shoes". What has this tree got going for it.
Paul | Wish I knew - I have a mature tree overhanging my garden and another two very close by. Several more are planted in surrounding streets. If it's not seedlings and suckers coming up in the garden then it is some awful smell or other coming from it. It is one of the few plants I truly dislike. |
03-11-2007, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by paulchandler6 Just read up on this tree. The leaves also have an unpleasant odour "like old tennis shoes". What has this tree got going for it.
Paul | One site I read up on says it smells like old peanut butter.
Cheers,
Adam |
03-11-2007, 12:52 PM
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Alot of interesting facts there guys. Who would have thought it, it looks such a lovely and unasuming tree! | | |
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