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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Physostelma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Physostelma (Greek, bladder girdle, referring to the shape of the scales of the 'crown). Asclepiadaceae. Twining glabrous shrubs: leaves opposite, leathery, shining: flowers large, umbelled; sepals small, narrow; corolla cup-shaped, lobes very short; coronal processes 5, very large, ovoid-oblong, obtuse, adnate to the anthers; column tips inappendiculate: fruit long, smooth follicles; seeds comose. About 5 species, India, Malaya. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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+Physostelma (Greek, bladder girdle, referring to the shape of the scales of the 'crown). Asclepiadaceae. Twining glabrous shrubs: leaves opposite, leathery, shining: flowers large, umbelled; sepals small, narrow; corolla cup-shaped, lobes very short; coronal processes 5, very large, ovoid-oblong, obtuse, adnate to the anthers; column tips inappendiculate: fruit long, smooth follicles; seeds comose. About 5 species, India, Malaya.
-Physostelma (Greek, bladder girdle, referring to the shape of the scales of the 'crown). Asclepiadaceae. Twining glabrous shrubs: lvs. opposite, leathery, shining: fls. large, umbelled; sepals small, narrow; corolla cup-shaped, lobes very short; coronal processes 5, very large, ovoid-oblong, obtuse, adnate to the anthers; column tips inappendiculate: fr. long, smooth follicles; seeds comose. About 5 species, India, Malaya.
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