Description
Parasol tree (Latin scientific name: Firmiana simplex (Linnaeus) W. Wight [10] ), a deciduous tree of the genus Parasol of the order Malva. Tender branches and petioles are somewhat yellowish-brown pubescent, and the white middle pith of the branches is separated by light yellow flakes. The leaves are broadly ovate, ovate, triangular-ovate, or ovate-elliptic, with acuminate apex, truncated or broadly wedge-shaped at the base, rarely subcordate, whole or with wavy teeth, sparsely pubescent or nearly pubescent on both sides Hairless. Corymb-like cymes are terminal or axillary; the calyx is purple-red, 5-lobed almost to the base; the corolla is white or pink; the style does not extend beyond the stamens. The drupe is nearly spherical, blue-purple when mature.
Indus is native to China and is cultivated in all provinces in the north and south, especially in the Yangtze River Basin. It has been introduced to Europe and America as ornamental trees, mostly ordinary street trees and garden greening ornamental trees
