Paliurus

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

Read about Paliurus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Paliurus (ancient Greek name). Rhamnaceae. Ornamental woody plants sometimes grown for their attractive foliage and curiously shaped fruits. Trees or shrubs: stipules usually changed into spines: lvs. alternate, 3-nerved, entire or serrate: fls. small, perfect, in axillary or sometimes terminal cymes; petals 5, 2-lobed; stamens 5: fr. woody, 3-celled, depressed subglobose, with a broad orbicular horizontal wing; cells 1-seeded. — Six species from S. Eu. to Tonkin, China, and Japan. These are spiny trees or shrubs sometimes procumbent with two-ranked generally ovate medium-sized leaves and small greenish yellow flowers in axillary clusters followed by orbicular broadly winged, curiously shaped fruits resembling a head with a broad-brimmed hat. The one species cultivated in this country is not reliably hardy north of Washington, D. C.; in Massachusetts it is killed every winter almost to the ground even with protection, and the young shoots flower but bear no fruit. It is not very ornamental, but the dark green foliage is pretty and the curious fruits are interesting. It thrives in any well-drained soil and prefers a sunny and warm position. Propagation is by seeds stratified or sown in autumn and by layers or root-cuttings. P. orientalis, Hernal. Tree, to 30 ft.: sometimes unarmed: lvs. 2-4 in. long, glabrous: fr. 1-1 1/2in. across, glabrous, purplish. China. This but recently intro. species is perhaps the most ornamental of the genus; it has not proved hardy at the Arnold Arboretum. — P. ramosissimus. Poir. (P. Aubletia, Roem. & Schult.). Shrub simitar to P. Spina-Christi, but with both spines straight, with larger lvs. pubescent beneath, and smaller tomentose frs. with narrow wing. China, Japan. Alfred Rehder. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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