Thespesia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names
Malvaceae >	Thespesia >

Read about Thespesia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Thespesia (Greek, divine; application doubtful). Malvaceae. Trees or tall herbs, grown in the warmhouse, and planted in warm regions. Leaves entire or angulate-lobed: fls. usually yellow, showy; calyx truncate, minutely or bristle-toothed, rarely 5-cleft; ovary 5-celled: caps. woody-coriaceous, loculicidally 5-valved.—About 10 species, Trop. Afr., Asia and the islands of the Pacific, and 1 from Porto Rico. They have the aspect of hibiscus and may be distinguished by the confluent stigmas, more woody caps., and the obovoid compressed seeds. T. grandiflora, DC. Tree, 30-45 ft. high: lvs. ovate, subcordate, apex subacuminate: fls. purple or red, 4-5 in. diam. Porto Rico. The wood is used in Porto Rico for furniture and other purposes and it is recommended for ornamental uses. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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