Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Populus simonii Carrière
Family : SALICACEAE
Genus : Populus
Spanish common name : Chopo de hoja de peral. Chopo peral.
General distribution : Chinese-Japanese
Flowering time : March. April. May.
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Observations : Cultivated specie in gardens.
Origen : Nord i Centre de Xina
Location on-campus UIB : Lateral de l'edifici Mateu Orfila i a la part de darrera de l'edifici Ramón Llull.
Description : Tree reaching 15 m in height, with a narrow crown and smooth and greenish-grey bark. Narrow, hanging branches. Buds are sticky and give off an odour. Leaves rhomboid, wider at the upper portion. Measure 5-12 cm in length, 3-8 cm in width. The obverse is shiny dark green while the reverse side pale or whitish green. Margin is finely serrate. Petiole is 1.5 to 2.5 cm in length, shorter and redder that the leaves of the larger branches. Male catkins are 2-3 cm in length, flowers having 8 stamens. Female catkins 3-6 cm in length, with flowers with 2-3 stigmas.
