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Leaves are usually trifoliately compound, opposite and deciduous.  Twigs are mottled green-brown with lenticels and lacking a central terminal bud.  Bark is green-brown and streaked. Flowers are white and bell-shaped forming drooping clusters.  Fruit is a papery inflated capsule.   Bladdernut is an occasional shrub or small tree found in the eastern and central U.S.

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