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Cladrastis kentukea



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Cladrastis kentukea
American yellowwood

Superimposed and cone-like, the bronzy-black buds are silky and shiny pubescent and surrounded by the leaf scar. In the summer, they are enclosed within the base of the petiole.

 
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