Trochodendron aralioides

Common name: wheel tree

Family name: Trochodendraceae

USDA Hardiness Zone:  6-7

Mature height and spread:  10-20ft; 10-15ft

Form: evergreen tree or large shrub, slow-growing

Water use: medium to wet

Soil requirements: moist, fertile, well-drained loams; part shade

Leaf arrangement: leathery, broad ovate to elliptic, serrated margin, shiny dark green above and pale green beneath

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): flowers in erect racemes; pale green seed capsules

Suitable uses:  ornamental plant

Quick ID description:  leathery, broad ovate to elliptic, serrated; erect racemes, capsules

Photographs:

http://www.plantsystematics.org/imgs/jdelaet/r/Trochodendraceae_Trochodendron_aralioides_27081.html

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trochodendron_aralioides_(Scott_Zona)_1a.jpg