Ericaceae

Oxydendrum

Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.

Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Oxydendrum

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Oxydendrum: Names: Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC., Kysloun stromový, Lily of the Valley Tree, Oxydendrum, Sauerbaum, Sorrel Tree, Sorreltree, Sourwood, Sourwood Tree, ??????? — Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (18)

Arabic: شجر الحماض
Cherokee: ᏅᏙᏇᏯ
Chinese: 酸模樹, 酸木
Croatian: Kiselo drvo
Czech: Kysloun stromový, Kysloun
Dutch: Oxydendrum
English: Oxydendrum, Sourwood
German: Sauerbaum, Oxydendreae, Sauerampferbaum
Japanese: スイバノキ
Latvian: Skābeņkoks
Norwegian Bokmål: Syretre
Persian: اکسیدندرام
Polish: Kwaśnodrzew amerykański, Kwaśnodrzew drzewiasty, Kwaśnodrzew konwaliowy
Portuguese: Oxydendrum
Russian: Оксидендрум
Slovenian: Kislikavec
Spanish: Oxydendrum, Oxidendro
Turkish: Oxydendrum

Synonyms

Andromeda arborea L.

Flowers

Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.