Paederia

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Paederia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Paederia (Latin, paedor, bad smell, referring to P. foetida). Rubiàcese. Tropical shrubby twiners. Slender twining plants, fetid when bruised, with terete flexuous branches: lvs. oppsite, rarely in whorls of 3; petioled: fls. small, mostly reddish or whitish, in axillary and terminal dichotomous or trichotomously branching panicled cymes, with or without bractlets; corolla tubular or funnel-shaped; throat glabrous or villous; lobes 4-5, valvate, with crisped margins, often 3-lobed at apex: fr. a small berry. Distinguished from allied genera by the 2-locular ovary and 2 capillary twisted stigmas.—Species about 25, India, Burma, Malay Archipelago, China, Madagascar, Mex. to Brazil. They are little known in cult., the following being a warmhouse climber. It is sometimes known as Chinese fever-plant. P. Wilsonii, Hesse. A strong climber from China, with hairy branches: lvs. long-petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, to 6 in. long: fls. cream-white with a purple-red eye, less than 1/2 in. across, in a cluster somewhat like that of the lilac; corolla-tube 1/2in. long. This species stood two winters at the Arnold Arboretum, Boston, and blossomed, but was finally winter-killed. L.H.B. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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