Dillenia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Dillenia (named by Linnaeus for J. J. Dillenius, 1684-1747, botanist and professor at Oxford, author of important botanical works ) . Dilliniaceae. Tall tropical trees from Asia, Indian Archipelago, Philippines, and Australia. Leaves large, with pronounced pinnate parallel venation: fls. showy, white or yellow, lateral, solitary or clustered; sepals and petals 5, spreading; stamens many, free or somewhat united at base, the anthers linear, opening by 2 slits, the interior ones erect and introrse and the exterior ones recurved and extrorse: carpels 5-20, many-ovuled, in fr. becoming a fleshy body inclosed in the enlarging calyx. — Probably 40 species; allied to the Magnolia family. D. indica is said to be the showiest of the whole family, being attractive in foliage, fl. and fr. Dillenias may be grown in light sandy loam. Prop. readily by seeds, but with difficulty from cuttings.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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