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Koelreuteria paniculata
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<p><i>Koelreuteria paniculata</i> is a <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a> of <a href="/facts/Flowering_plant/E5eGYIvY">flowering plant</a> in the <a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">family</a> <a href="/facts/Sapindaceae/TPlTCg7T">Sapindaceae</a>, <a href="/facts/Native_plant/03kpM3rf">native</a> to China, Korea, and Outer Manchuria in both Russia and Mongolia. Naturalized in Japan since at least the 1200s, it was introduced to Europe in 1747 and North America in 1763, and has become a popular landscape tree worldwide. Common names include goldenrain tree, pride of India, China tree, and the varnish tree. </p>