Berries, ornamental trees

Flowering dogwood Cornus florida L.) - a small tree growing up to 10 m high, native to Eastern North America is considered a short to medium-lived tree which can live up to 100 years on good sites. Cornus florida is one of the most beautiful ornamental trees in the world. The fruit is a cluster of up to 10 scarlet oblong oval berries whieh oeeasionally can be yellow and persist beyond January. There are valued fruits for birds and wildlife. 

The family Sapindaceae consists of 140 genera and 1500 species of trees widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. Classic examples of Sapindaceae are the fruit trees Nephelium lappaceum L. and Litchi chinensis Sonn., which provide rambutan and litchi, respectively. Chemically Sapindaceae are well known to abound with saponins and tannins. An example of ornamental Sapindaceae is Koelreuteria paniculata L., or golden rain tree, cultivated in temperate regions. The berries of Sapindus saponaria L., were used as soap by South American Indians, hence the origin of the word Sapindus from sapo and Indus or the soap of the Indies. 

Chemical Name 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-l-methoxy-l-methylurea Af,-(4-chlorophenyl)-Ar-methoxy-Ar-methylurea Uses herbicide for pre- or post-emergence control of annual broadleaf weeds and annual grasses in asparagus, berry fruit, cereals, maize, field beans, vines, leeks, onions, potatoes, herbs, lucerne, flowers, ornamental shrubs and trees, etc. 

Buckthorn is a shrubby tree that grows 6-12 ft tall. The leaves (up to 6 cm) are simple, ovate elliptic, with serrate margins. Some of the branches end in short thorns. The flowers have four small petals and grow solitary or in clusters from the leaf axis. They are replaced later by a berry that is green at first, turns red, and then turns black at maturity. The berry contains up to four seeds. This ornamental shrub is often found as hedges throughout the eastern... 

Erect large evergreen shrub or small tree, reaching over 10 m high fruit a kidney shaped berry with one to two seeds, bluish black when ripe, about 1 cm long and 3-4 mm in diameter native to eastern Asia distributed throughout China now cultivated as an ornamental plant in the United States. Part used is the ripe fruit, mostly wild crafted from October to December, rid of impurities and sun dried, or first briefly steamed and then sun dried produced largely in southeastern provinces (zhu). 

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