Theaceae
Franklin tree
Franklinia alatamaha
- Family
- Theaceae
- Genus
- Franklinia
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- فرانكلينيا
- arz
- فرانكلينيا
- Chinese
- 富兰克林木, 富蘭克林木, 洋大头茶, 洋木荷, 富兰克林树
- Croatian
- Franklinia
- Czech
- Franklinie americká, Franklinie
- English
- Franklin tree
- Estonian
- Franklinipuu
- Finnish
- Franklinia
- German
- Franklinie, Franklinbaum
- Japanese
- フランクリンツリー
- Latin
- Franklinia
- Persian
- درخت فرانکلین
- Portuguese
- Franklinia
- Russian
- Франклиния
- Spanish
- Franklinia
- Swedish
- Franklinträd
- Ukrainian
- Франклінія
Synonyms
- Gordonia alatamaha (Marshall) Sarg.
- Gordonia altamaha Sarg.
- Gordonia franklinii L'Hér.
- Gordonia pubescens L'Hér.
- Gordonia pubescens var. subglabra DC.
- Gordonia pubescens var. velutina DC.
- Lacathea florida Salisb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.