Gymnocladus chinensis
| Gymnocladus chinensis | |
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| In Hangzhou Botanical Garden, China | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Genus: | Gymnocladus |
| Species: | G. chinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnocladus chinensis | |
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Gymnocladus chinensis, the soap tree or Chinese coffeetree, is a tree in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the pea family Fabaceae. It is native to central China and maybe the Eastern Himalayas also. The leaves have huge bipinnate leaves starting purple then shading to green.