1. Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
A tropical tree with one of the largest fruits known.
2. Silver Birch (Betula pendula)
A birch with a wide distribution across northern and high-altitude Eurasia: from Ireland to Kamchatka, as north as the Siberian taiga, and south to the Caucasus, the Tian Shan, and the eastern Himalayan mountain ranges.
3. Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollisima)
The tree used to grow most chestnuts around the world, ever since the American Chestnut has largely disappeared from the chestnut blight. Chinese chestnuts are naturally immune to the blight.
4. Camphor (Camphora officionarium)
A large aromatic tree native to Japan, southern China, Korea, Vietnam, and India; it is where camphor is sourced from. Its wood contains a natural bug repellent too.
5. Katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)
Also known as the "caramel tree" due to the sweet smell of its leaves. Endangered in China, but Japanese populations are stable.
6. Cassia (Cinnamomum cassia)
AKA Chinese Cinnamon. A smaller tree grown in southern China and Southeast Asia for its aromatic bark, which is used to make cassia spice.
7. Coconut (Cocos nucifera)
Everyone's favorite coastal palm tree! A native of Southeast Asia, but nowadays has a pan-tropical distribution thanks to its many uses (especially in food and drink). These lose their leaves if leaf decay is enabled, however, so make sure to disable it for these trees.
8. Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
A very tall coniferous tree native to Japan, but naturalized in China. Very similar to the sequoias of the Pacific Northwest, which it is distantly related to.
9. Durian (Durio zibethinus)
The "king of fruits", durian is a spiny, horrible-smelling fruit that grows on a tall tropical tree. I feel like the name isn't that serious knowing how awful the fruit can be, but people insist that it's delicious.
10. Banyan (Ficus benghalensis)
The national tree of India. A large, twisting strangler fig with aerial roots. It often grows as an epiphyte or vine before strangling its host, and only then afterward becoming an independent tree.
11. Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana)
Another tropical fruiting tree, the mangosteen is a flavorful fruit native to Southeast Asia.
12. Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
a famous "living fossil" gymnosperm native only to the mountains of China's Zhejiang province today, but grown in many cities and Buddhist monasteries worldwide.
13. Chinese Swamp Cypress (Glyptostrobus pensilis)
The only living member of its genus. Like ginkgoes, Glyptostrobus were once widely distributed across the northern hemisphere in prehistoric times. It is now endangered and native to Vietnam, Laos, and southeastern China.
14. Melinjo (Gnetum gnemon)
A tropical gymnosperm ranging from Assam in India throughout the Malay Archipelago. The tree/shrub has edible nuts and much of the plant is used in Indonesian cuisine.
15. Saxaul (Haloxylon ammodendron)
A shrubby small tree native to the Gobi desert. As its scientific name suggests, it is very tolerant of salt and sand. What do you mean, you don't know your Greek and Latin roots!?
16. Tibetan Juniper (Juniperus tibetica)
Tibetan Juniper grows high in the Himalayas- higher than any other tree, in fact.
17. Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii)
The northernmost forests in the world are groves of these deciduous conifers in northern Krasnoyarsk Krai, in central Russia. In addition to eastern Russia, the tree grows in Korea and Manchuria.
18. Mango (Mangifera indica)
The tree from which mango fruits are grown. Commonly cultivated across the tropics, mangoes are native to the rainforests of the Indian subcontinent, hence the species' name.
19. Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Another prehistoric Chinese conifer. Dawn redwoods were first known to science from fossils before being found alive in a single valley in Hubei province.
20. Mangrove Palm (Nypa fruticans)
A bizarre palm tree that grows immersed in brackish waters around Southeast Asia, like a mangrove. It has prop roots and is known from fossils that go back to the Cretaceous.
21. Siberian Apruce (Picea obovata)
An important Russian timber tree used in construction, paper-making, and the manufacture of spruce beer
22. Huangshan Pine (Pinus hwangshanensis)
Ever seen those gnarled, bonsai-looking trees in Chinese paintings? They're usually these pines, growing in the Huangshan mountains of Anhui.
23. Siberian Dwarf Pine (Pinus pumila)
a small, creeping pine native to the Russian Far East, Manchuria, Korea, and Japan. These are among the many trees used for bonsai, and their small stature makes them ideal garden shrubs.
24. Siberian Pine (Pinus sibirica)
a full-sized pine native across central Siberia and Mongolia; may be synonymous with Swiss pine, Pinus cembra
25. Eurasian Aspen (Populus tremula)
Not to be confused with the American species, Populus tremuloides, as both are sometimes called "quaking aspen". Native to much of northern and high-altitude Eurasia.
26. Sakura (Prunus serrulata)
The famous cherry blossom tree of Japan. Recently added to vanilla MC. Need I say more?
27. Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica)
A well-known garden tree. Despite its name, it is not from Babylon but from China.
28. Korean Willow (Salix pierotii)
A small low-growing willow species from Korea and Japan. Not favored for its wood, but it is used to demarcate property lines.
29. Chinese Sassafras (Sassafras tzumu)
Similar to the American sassafras tree, except that it is monoecious, bearing male and female flowers on the same plant. I don't know where the species name "tzumu" comes from, but in Mandarin it is known as chámù, so maybe it's a really bad transliteration of that?
30. Kōyamaki (Sciadopitys verticillata)
Also known as Umbrella Pine, this rare Japanese conifer is the sole surviving member of its family, dating back over 70 million years.
31. Sumatran Yew (Taxus sumatrana)
Despite its name, this species of yew is native to more than just the island of Sumatra- in fact, it grows in montane habitats as far west as Afghanistan.
32. Amur Linden (Tilia amurensis)
A linden tree native to northern Asia, around Manchuria, the Russian Far East, Korea, and Japan.
33.. Chinese Mahogany (Toona sinensis)
A tall tree that produces pink flowers in summer. It is used extensively as a vegetable and condiment in China and Malaysia, and is also used for traditional medicine, lumber, and as an ornamental plant.
34. Siberian Elm (Ulmus pumila)
Also known as the dwarf elm, this hardy tree grows across much of Central Asia, including the deserts of Mongolia and mountains of Tibet, and as far east as Korea.