https://gardenology.mywikis.net/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Melianthus_majorMelianthus major - Revision history2026-04-13T05:47:19ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.3https://gardenology.mywikis.net/w/index.php?title=Melianthus_major&diff=92349&oldid=prevMurali.lalitha: Created page with '{{SPlantbox |genus=Melianthus |species=major |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |jumpin=This is the plant information box - for information on light; water; zones; height; etc. …'2010-01-04T19:40:15Z<p>Created page with '{{SPlantbox |genus=Melianthus |species=major |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |jumpin=This is the plant information box - for information on light; water; zones; height; etc. …'</p>
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Melianthus major, Linn. St. flexuous, glabrous, sometimes 10 ft. or more in height, with a -widely creeping root: lvs. gray, a foot or more long, the upper ones smaller; stipules grown together into one large intra-axillary piece, attached to the lower part of the petiole; lfts. 9-11, 3-4 in. long, 2 in. wide: racemes densely fld., 1 ft. or more in length; bracts ovate, acuminate: fls. red-brown, 1 in. long: caps, papery, 4-lobed at the apex, 1-1 ¼ in. long; seeds 2 in each cell, black and shining. Cape. G.C. III. 36:142. B.R.45. R.H. 1867, p. 131; 1913, p. 413. G.W. 4. p. 37.—An excellent foliage plant. M. intermedius, Hort., is a hybrid between this species and M. comosus.<br />
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963<br />
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --><br />
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --><br />
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --><br />
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