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Maackia amurensis
Also called Manchurian Maackia
Amur maackia is a small, hardy tree from the Amur River region of Russia, northeast China, Korea and Japan, grown for its showy silvery spring buds and tolerance of cold, dryness and heavy soils. It is a sun-loving, low-maintenance tree best planted where it has room to reach around 15 metres.
Maackia amurensis, commonly known as the Amur maackia, is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae that can grow 15 metres (49 ft) tall. The species epithet and common names are from the Amur River region, where the tree originated; it occurs in northeastern China, Korea, and Russia.
Amur maackia tolerates severe dryness, cold and heavy soils. More interesting than the summer flowers are the unfolding buds in spring which appear silvery and showy like flowers with frost on them.
The isoflavones daidzein, retusin, genistein and formononetin and the pterocarpans maackiain and medicarpin can be found in M. amurensis cell cultures.
The quinolizidine alkaloids tetrahydroleontidine and 11-epileontidane have been isolated from the species (their only natural source so far).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maackia amurensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
