Sapindaceae
Golden-rain tree
Koelreuteria paniculata
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Koelreuteria
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Common names
By language (31)
- Arabic
- ظرو عثكولي
- Armenian
- Կելրեյթերիա հուրանավոր
- Azerbaijani
- Süpürgəvari kölreyteriya
- Basque
- Txinako xaboi-arbola
- Bulgarian
- Китайски мехурник
- Cantonese
- 欒樹
- Catalan
- Sapindal
- Chinese
- 栾树, 欒樹, 乌拉, 乌拉胶, 五乌拉叶, 木栏牙, 木栾, 栾
- Croatian
- Lampion drvo
- Czech
- Svitel latnatý
- Danish
- Kinesertræ, Koelreutheria paniculata
- Dutch
- Chinese vernisboom, Gele zeepboom, Blazenboom, Koelruit, Lampionboom
- English
- Golden-rain tree, Goldenrain tree, Panicled goldenrain tree, China tree, Pride of India, Varnish tree
- Finnish
- Rakkopuu
- French
- Savonnier, Savonnier de Chine
- German
- Blasenesche, Blasenbaum
- Greek
- Κοιλρευτερία η θυσανώδης, Κερλεουτέρια, Κερλετερία, Κοερλεουτέρια
- Hungarian
- Bugás csörgőfa, Csörgőfa
- Italian
- Albero delle lanterne cinesi
- Korean
- 모감주나무
- Malayalam
- കനകമഴമരം, Golden Rain Tree
- Persian
- باران طلایی
- Polish
- Roztrzeplin wiechowaty, Mydleniec wiechowaty
- Portuguese
- Coreutéria, Quereutéria
- Romanian
- Oțetar galben, Otetar galben, Oţetar galben
- Russian
- Кёльрейтерия метельчатая, Ложное мыльное дерево
- Serbian
- Келреутерија
- Slovenian
- Latnati mehurnik
- Swedish
- Kinesträd
- Turkish
- Altuni fener ağacı
- Welsh
- Balchder india
Synonyms
- Koelreuteria apiculata Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Koelreuteria bipinnata var. apiculata (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) F.C.How & C.N.Ho
- Koelreuteria chinensis (L.) Hoffmanns.
- Koelreuteria japonica Hassk.
- Koelreuteria paniculata f. miyagiensis H.Ohashi & Yu.Sasaki
- Koelreuteria paniculata var. apiculata (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Rehder
- Koelreuteria paniculata var. lixianensis H.L.Tsiang
- Koelreuteria paullinoides L'Hér.
- Paullinia aurea Hort.Calc. ex Radlk.
- Sapindus chinensis Murr.
- Sapindus paniculata (Laxm.) Dum.Cours.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 547 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: jonsense, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Yann Kemper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aberkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.