Cymbopetalum

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cymbopetalum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cymbopetalum (Latin, signifying boat-petal, from the shape of its petals). Annonaceae. A group of plants remarkable for the fragrance of their aromatic flowers. Flowers with the 3 inner petals having the margin incurved somewhat like the upper part of the human ear, the several-ovuled carpels forming a cluster issuing from a globose mass of stamens: fr. in the form of separate oblong berries borne on the hardened torus or receptacle and resembling that of our papaw (Asimina triloba).— Several species, all of them endemic in Trop. Amer. Among the species thus far described are C. brasiliensis, Benth. (Uvaria brasiliensis. Velloso). C. penduliflorum, Baill. (Unona penduliflora, Dunal). C. longipes, Diels, and C. stenophyllum, Donnell Smith. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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