Description
A very fast-growing tree with upright branches, the generally ovate leaves are dark-green, glabrescent, < 14 cm in length by 10 cm broad, with a pronounced acuminate apex. The UK Champion tree at the Westonbirt Arboretum planted in 1981 measured 17 m in height, with a trunk 36 cm d.b.h. 21 years later in 2002.
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'Dodoens' leaves
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'Dodoens' with DED, Horsea Island, UK
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