Pleiocarpa

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pleiocarpa (Greek, many fruits). Apocynaceae. Glabrous shrubs or small trees, grown under glass for the bloom: lvs. opposite or ternate, leathery: fls. in sessile axillary and often opposite clusters, very rarely in compact panicles or false umbels; calyx small, glandular; sepals 5, almost or quite free, obtuse or acute; corolla salver-shaped, tube slightly widened below the mouth, lobes 5, overlapping to the left; carpels 2-5, distinct: fr. fleshy, berry-like mericarps, leathery when dry, 1- or 2- (rarely 3-) seeded. About 10 species, Trop. Afr. P. mutica, Benth. Shrub 5 ft. high: lvs. opposite, elliptic or oblong, 3-6 in. long, thinly coriaceous: fls. in dense axillary, globose clusters; sepals ovate; corolla pure white, tube cylindric, 2/3 to Kin. long, lobes ovate or oblong. B.M. 8343. G.C.III. 49:242. Cult, in botanic gardens abroad.' The plant likes heat and moisture and about the same treatment as given ixoras. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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