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Judas Tree

Cercis siliquastrum

Photo by Ana Rosa
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Description:

This species forms a small tree up to 12 metres in height and 10 metres in width.
The deep pink flowers are produced on year-old or older growth, including the trunk in late spring (cauliflory). The leaves appear shortly after the first flowers emerge. These are heart-shaped with a blunt apex, which occasionally has a shallow notch at the tip. The tree produces long flat pods that hang vertically.

Habitat:

Southern Europe and Western Asia.

Notes:

Árvore-de-judas (Portuguese)

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