Fragrant Snowbell            STI-raks o-BAS-e-a

• Deciduous tree, 20-30 ft (7.6-9 m), upright and pyramidal-oval when young, rounded with age.  Leaves alternate, simple, broad ovate, fairly large, 7.5-20 cm long, 2/3 as wide, abruptly acuminate, remotely toothed (occasionally obvious), dark green above, pubescent beneath; base of petiole (leaf stalk) encloses bud.  Flowers white, fragrant, 2 cm wide, pendulous, borne in 10-20 cm long drooping clusters (racemes).  Fruit 2 cm long, ovoid.
• Sun to part shade.  Few pests.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 5      Native to Japan
• Oregon State Univ. campus: northeast of Bexell Hall.