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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Schotia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Schotia (named for Richard Schot, companion of Jacquin during his travels in America, 1754-1759). Leguminosae. Small trees or unarmed shrubs, suitable for greenhouse-growing. Leaves odd-pinnate; lfts. leathery, or small; stipules short: fls. red, showy, clustered in short panicles; bracts and bracteoles ovate or oblong, caducous; calyx-tube disk-bearing, turbinate, short or the base long-attenuate, segms. 4, strongly imbricated; petals 5, slightly unequal, subsessile, imbricated, either ovate or oblong or minute scale-like; stamens 10, free, or shortly connate at the base; ovary stipitate: legume oblong or broad-linear. — About 6 species, Subtrop. and S. Afr. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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