hopbush Sapindaceae Dodonaea viscosa

Leaf:Alternate, simple, evergreen, spatulate, obovoate, or lanceolate in shape with a tapered base, 1 to 4 inches long, 3/4 inch wide, entire or somewhat revolute, dark glossy green with a sticky resinous coating on both surfaces.
Flower:Species is dioecious; small and not showy, yellow-green, lacking petals, 1/4 inch, blooming spring and fall.
Fruit:Green then showy pink-red, aging to tan, initially quite fleshy and becoming papery, generally spherical with 3 or 4 distinctive wings, 1/2 inch long.
Twig:Slender, gray-brown, angled, covered in thin pubescence, buds are conical, 1/8 to 1/4 inch.
Bark:Coarsely ridged and furrowed, gray-brown, becoming darker and coarsely scaly with age.
Form:A twisted shrub or small tree to 15 feet, with equal spread.

leaf flower fruit twig bark form map

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