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'''''Turraea''''' is a genus of [[plants]] in family [[Meliaceae]], native throughout of Old World Tropics.
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Turraea (named for Giorgio della Torre or Turra, 1607-1688, botanist of Padua, Italy). Meliaceae. Trees or shrubs, sometimes grown in the greenhouse in the North; in the South used as outdoor ornamentals.
 
Turraea (named for Giorgio della Torre or Turra, 1607-1688, botanist of Padua, Italy). Meliaceae. Trees or shrubs, sometimes grown in the greenhouse in the North; in the South used as outdoor ornamentals.
  
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It contains approximately 70 species, including:
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* ''[[Turraea adjanohounii]]'', Aké Assi
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* ''[[Turraea kimbozensis]]'', Cheek
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* ''[[Turraea socotrana]]'', White
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Turraea abyssinica Hochst.
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Turraea anomala (O. Hoffm.) Harms
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Turraea fockei Buchenau
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Turraea floribunda Hochst.
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Turraea geayi Danguy
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* ''[[Turraea heterophylla]]''
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Turraea humberti Danguy
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Turraea lanceolata Cav.
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Turraea longifolia C. DC.
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Turraea mombassana
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Turraea nilotica Kotschy & Peyr.
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Turraea obovata Gürke
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* ''[[Turraea obtusifolia]]'' Hochst.
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Turraea pervillei Baill.
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Turraea pubescens Hell.
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Turraea rhombifolia Baker
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Turraea richardii Baill.
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Turraea robusta
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Turraea rostrata C. DC.
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Turraea sericea Sm.
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Turraea thouvenotii Danguy
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Turraea venulosa Baker
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Turraea virens L.
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Turraea wakefieldii Oliv.
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Turraea zambesica Sprague & Hutch. ex Hutch.
  
 
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Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Turraea >


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Turraea is a genus of plants in family Meliaceae, native throughout of Old World Tropics.


Read about Turraea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Turraea (named for Giorgio della Torre or Turra, 1607-1688, botanist of Padua, Italy). Meliaceae. Trees or shrubs, sometimes grown in the greenhouse in the North; in the South used as outdoor ornamentals.

Leaves alternate, petioled, entire or obtusely lobed: peduncles axillary, few-fld. and many-bracted: fls. elongated, white; calyx 4-5-toothed or parted; petals 4-5, elongated, free, twisted; staminal tube 8-10-toothed, anthers 8-10; disk annular; ovary oblong, 5-10-20-celled; ovules 2, superposed in each cell: caps. 5- to many-celled, loculicidally 5- to many-valved.— About 73 species, Trop. and S. Afr., Trop. Asia, and Austral. CH


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Species

It contains approximately 70 species, including:

Turraea abyssinica Hochst.

Turraea anomala (O. Hoffm.) Harms

Turraea fockei Buchenau

Turraea floribunda Hochst.

Turraea geayi Danguy

Turraea humberti Danguy

Turraea lanceolata Cav.

Turraea longifolia C. DC.

Turraea mombassana

Turraea nilotica Kotschy & Peyr.

Turraea obovata Gürke

Turraea pervillei Baill.

Turraea pubescens Hell.

Turraea rhombifolia Baker

Turraea richardii Baill.

Turraea robusta

Turraea rostrata C. DC.

Turraea sericea Sm.

Turraea thouvenotii Danguy

Turraea venulosa Baker

Turraea virens L.

Turraea wakefieldii Oliv.

Turraea zambesica Sprague & Hutch. ex Hutch.

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