Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Large

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Subtropical forest

Range

East Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Status

Rare

About

Emerald Trees are evergreen trees in the subtropical mountain regions of southern China and Taiwan. They are known for their unique leaf structure, which is the result of a genetic mutation that causes the leaves to grow in a serpentine pattern.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Bignoniaceae

Genus

Radermachera

Species

Radermachera sinica