Oroxylum
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Oroxylum (Greek, a mountain tree; nevertheless it grows anywhere from sea-level to an altitude of 3,000 ft.). Also written Oroxylon. Bignoniace.se. An ornamental tree from S. Asia, with large opposite twice- or thrice- pinnate Lvs.: fls. in terminal panicles; calyx leathery, campanulate, truncate or shortly toothed: corolla cam- panulate, white or purplish with 5 crisped and toothed lobes imbricate in bud; stamens 5, slightly exserted; disk large, fleshy: fr. linear, septicidally dehiscent; seeds broadly elliptic, compressed with a broad transparent wing.—A very striking plant with bold much-divided glossy foliage and ample terminal panicles of large white or purple fls. followed by very long and narrow pendulous caps. It is cult, outdoors in Calif, and in Eu. in greenhouses. Demands rich soil. Prop, by seeds and by cuttings with bottom heat. O. flavum, Rehd.-Radermachia pentandra.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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