Its seeds are spread by fruit-eating birds. At least one European company makes flooring from chinaberry wood. How To Identify Chinaberry Chinaberry is a deciduous, wide-spreading tree which grows up to 50 feet tall, or it may be shrubby . The tree has a blue-green cast. Its leaflets are dark blue-green above, have toothed margins and are pointed.
Leaves alternate along the stem.
The mildly fragrant chinaberry flowers are small and lilac-colored, with 5 petals surrounding a purple tube. The flowers occur in showy clusters at the ends of branches. The capsules will hang from the tree throughout the leafless winter months. In Florida, the fruit ripen in late summer and early fall.