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Ailanthus altissima - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Halle, Germany; 6/2012 © Julia Roeser

Ailanthus altissima - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Lugar Da Peneda, Gavieira, Arcos De Valdevez, Minho, Portugal; 6/2009 © Jörn Germer

Ailanthus altissima - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Lugar Da Peneda, Gavieira, Arcos De Valdevez, Minho, Portugal; 6/2009 © Jörn Germer

Ailanthus altissima - Inflorescence, close-up - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence, close-up; Halle, Germany; 6/2012 © Julia Roeser

Ailanthus altissima - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Lugar Da Peneda, Gavieira, Arcos De Valdevez, Minho, Portugal; 6/2009 © Jörn Germer

Ailanthus altissima - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Lugar Da Peneda, Gavieira, Arcos De Valdevez, Minho, Portugal; 6/2009 © Jörn Germer

Ailanthus altissima - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Halle, Germany; 9/2012 © Julia Roeser

Ailanthus altissima - Emerging leaf - Click to enlarge!

Emerging leaf; Halle, Germany; 6/2012 © Julia Roeser

Ailanthus altissima - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Halle, Germany; 6/2012 © Julia Roeser

Ailanthus altissima - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Halle, Germany; 6/2012 © Julia Roeser

Ailanthus altissima - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Lugar Da Peneda, Gavieira, Arcos De Valdevez, Minho, Portugal; 6/2009 © Jörn Germer

Ailanthus altissima - Habit of juvenil trees - Click to enlarge!

Habit of juvenil trees; Halle, Germany; 6/2012 © Julia Roeser

Ailanthus altissima - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Halle, Germany; 6/2012 © Julia Roeser

Ailanthus altissima - Habit of previously pruned tree - Click to enlarge!

Habit of previously pruned tree; Lugar Da Peneda, Gavieira, Arcos De Valdevez, Minho, Portugal; 6/2009 © Jörn Germer

Ailanthus altissima - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Halle, Germany; 9/2012 © Julia Roeser

Dataset

Identifier: 1109
Date of entry: 11.07.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Tree-of-Heaven

German: Götterbaum

Mandarin: 臭椿 (chou chun)

Portuguese: Árvore-do-céu, Árvore-do-paraíso

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Sapindales (72)

        Family: Simaroubaceae (3)(family description)

          Genus: Ailanthus (1)

            Epithet: altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle (1)

Synonym: Ailanthus glandulosa

altissima => very high (referring to altitude), (altus, high)

glandulosa => full of glands, glandular

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: green, beige, white

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