Fabaceae
Chinese redbud
Cercis chinensis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Cercis
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Common names
By language (12)
- Azerbaijani
- Çin ərkəvanı
- Cantonese
- 紫荊
- Chinese
- 紫荆, 紫珠, 紫荆木, 紫荆果, 紫荆根, 紫荆皮, 紫荆皮（紫荆）, 紫荆花
- Czech
- Zmarlika čínská
- English
- Chinese redbud
- French
- Gainier de Chine
- Japanese
- ハナズオウ
- Korean
- 박태기나무
- lzh
- 紫荊
- Persian
- ارغوان چینی
- Russian
- Церцис китайский
- Tajik
- Арғувони чинӣ
Synonyms
- Cercis canadensis var. chinensis (Bunge) Ito
- Cercis chinensis f. alba S.C.Hsu
- Cercis chinensis f. leucantha Sugim.
- Cercis chinensis f. pubescens C.F.Wei
- Cercis chinensis f. rosea P.S.Hsu
- Cercis chinensis var. pubescens (C.F.Wei) G.Y.Li & Z.H.Chen
- Cercis japonica Siebold ex Planch.
- Cercis pauciflora H.L.Li
- Cercis pubescens S.Y.Wang
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mister_bumble, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinkum, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Chinese redbud: 500px provided description: (002_8619) [#spring ,#tree ,#japan ,#white ,#blossom ,#yokohama ,#????? ,#Mitsuike park]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Cercis_Chinensis_2018_2_%28254439131%29.jpeg/500px-Cercis_Chinensis_2018_2_%28254439131%29.jpeg)
Photo: Chihiro H, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Chinese redbud: 500px provided description: (701_8346) [#spring ,#tree ,#japan ,#pink ,#purple ,#blossom ,#yokohama ,#????? ,#Mitsuike park]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Cercis_Chinensis_2018_1_%28254439079%29.jpeg/500px-Cercis_Chinensis_2018_1_%28254439079%29.jpeg)
Photo: Chihiro H, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Teresa Grau Ros from Barcelona, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinkun Chen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinkun Chen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Chinese redbud: 500px provided description: (002_8619) [#spring ,#tree ,#japan ,#white ,#blossom ,#yokohama ,#????? ,#Mitsuike park]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Cercis_Chinensis_2018_2_%28254439131%29.jpeg/1280px-Cercis_Chinensis_2018_2_%28254439131%29.jpeg)
![Chinese redbud: 500px provided description: (701_8346) [#spring ,#tree ,#japan ,#pink ,#purple ,#blossom ,#yokohama ,#????? ,#Mitsuike park]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Cercis_Chinensis_2018_1_%28254439079%29.jpeg/1280px-Cercis_Chinensis_2018_1_%28254439079%29.jpeg)
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.