Turpinia
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Turpinia (named for Turpin, French fl.-painter, died 1840 in Paris). Staphyleaceae. A genus of about 10 shrubs or trees in Trop. and Subtrop. Asia, the Malay Archipelago, W. Indies, and Mex., with opposite odd-pinnate or simple lvs. and small fls. in large terminal or axillary panicles: calyx 5-parted, persistent; petals 5, broadly spatulate to orbicular; stamens 5; ovary superior, 3-celled, with a large lobed disk at the base; styles 3, distinct or united: fr. 3-celled, fleshy or leathery, with few or many seeds in each cell. Occasionally planted for their handsome foliage in S. Calif. Prop. is by seeds or by cuttings of mature wood under glass with bottom heat. CH
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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