Trees [shrubs], unarmed. Stems erect, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate; axillary buds exposed; stipules absent; petiolate; leaflets (7 or)9–13, opposite or subopposite [alternate], blade margins entire, surfaces glabrous [pubescent]. Inflorescences [15–]50–100+-flowered, terminal, racemes, simple or compound, erect; bracts absent; bracteoles present. Flowers papilionaceous; calyx campanulate, lobes 4 or 5; corolla white, often yellowish in age, callus present at point where banner reflexes; stamens 10, connate proximally; anthers dorsi­fixed. Fruits legumes, sessile, compressed laterally, straight or curved, lanceolate, winged along one suture, dehiscent, pubescent. Seeds 1–3[–5], yellow, ellipsoidal. x = 9, [10].

Distribution

Introduced; North Carolina, e Asia (China, Japan, Korea, e Russia, Taiwan), temperate areas.

Discussion

Species 10 (1 in the flora).

Some Maackia species have been used as ornamental landscape trees.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Maackia buergeri