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Staphylaceae Family- "Bladdernut"
Leaves are opposite, pinnately compound with three (rarely 5) ovate or obovate leaflets that are 2 to 4 inches long. Leaflet margins are serrate.Flower is green-white, bell-shaped and small, borne on dangling 2 inch long panicles in April or May. A very unique 1 1/2 inch, 3-lobed, papery capsule that looks inflated. The inflated bag contains several hard, small brown seeds. Matures in September. Slender branches, green to brown in color, with a large white pith. Buds are brown, 4-scaled, ovoid and may be stalked. Bark is green-gray in color with white furrows. A large shrub or small tree that is heavily branched and suckers readily, forming a thicket.
No medicinal or food uses reported.
