A small or medium sized, deciduous, soft wooded tree, 8-18 ft. in height and up to 1 ft. in diam., with palmately 5-lobed leaves, and large bright yellow flowers in terminal panicles. The flowers appear after leaf fall from December to April and are succeeded by large, pear-shaped, capsular fruits, 2-3 in. diam., ripening in June-July. |