Trochodendron aralioides

The common wheel tree is in the Trachodendraceae family. It is an evergreen tree or large shrub growing to 20 m tall.

• Leaves are in tight spirals at the apex of the year's growth, each leaf leathery dark green, simple broad lanceolate, 6–14 cm long and 3–8 cm broad, with a crenate margin.
• Flowers are 10-20 together, forming a raceme 5–13 cm diameter; each flower is 15–18 mm diameter, yellowish green, without petals, but with a conspicuous ring of 40-70 stamens surrounding the 4-11 carpels.
• Fruit is 2 cm diameter, woody, star-shaped, composed of 4-11 follicles, each follicle containing several seeds.