Katsura
![A full view of the tree](https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.centralparknyc.org/media/images/_444xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Katsura_2020-11-11-203024.jpg)
The katsura tree features varying colors throughout the year. In spring, its leaves begin reddish-purple, changing to bluegreen as they mature, and turning yellow in the fall. There are a cluster of katsura trees at the West 72nd Street entrance to Strawberry Fields.
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Leaves
Simple, thin heart-shaped leaves that produce a caramel-like smell (burnt sugar) when they fall -
Fruit
Peapods containing winged seeds -
Flower
Tiny, bright red; come out before leaves in the late winter -
Bark
Gray to brown; forming long, shallow furrows