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Leaves are alternate, deciduous, pinnately compound with 13-20 leaflets bearing a pair of black tipped glands at the leaf base, which is often lobed. Twigs are very stout, usually curved upwards at the tips and with a semi-circular leaf scar and light brown pith. Bark is gray and smooth. Fruit is a single bright yellow to brown samara with the seed in the center. Tree-of-heaven has naturalized throughout the U.S. in open, disturbed areas.  It is common on the side of highways.

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