C601: Nyssa sinensis

The species was noted by Augustine Henry in 1888 and was first introduced to the West in 1901–1902 by Ernest Wilson, collecting for Veitch’s Nursery (Bean 1976), but it languished in obscurity for many decades in a few arboreta

Nyssa sinensis (Chinese tupelo) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae (or Nyssaceae), native to China and Vietnam. Growing to 10 m (33 ft) tall and wide, it is a broadly conical deciduous tree, with oval leaves 15–20 cm (6–8 in) long, which turn brilliant red, orange and yellow in autumn.

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