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a tree that smells like burnt sugar and turns imperial in autumn.
means cercidiphyllum japonicum, a deciduous east asian tree prized for heart-shaped leaves that turn gold-pink and release a caramel scent as they fall.
from named from the japanese katsura no ki, long grown near shrines and imperial villas in kyoto, most famously giving its name to the katsura imperial villa, a garden estate designed around borrowed views of such trees.
caramel smellfallen leaves emit maltol, the cotton-candy compound
ancient lineagegenus survived since the cretaceous, no close relatives left
gender splittrees are either male or female, rarely both
growth speedcan reach 100 feet in under a century
for instance
katsura imperial villa — 17th century kyoto estate, named for surrounding katsura trees
westonbirt arboretum katsura — gloucestershire, england grove planted since the 1930s