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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Spathelia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Spathelia (from the Greek for a staff). Rutaceae. Odd evergreen trees without branches, grown in the warmhouse and the American tropics. Trunk simple, the lvs. aggregated at its extremity, so that the plant has the look of a tree-fern or palm: lvs. alternate, odd-pinnate; lfts. many-paired, alternate, linear-oblong or sickle-shaped, subentire or serrate, the margin glandular: fls. polygamous, rather large, short-pedicelled, in large panicles, which are terminal, elongated and branched, the ultimate branches somewhat cymose; calyx 5-parted, the segms. spreading, valvate or subvalvate; petals 5, imbricate; disk none; stamens 5; ovary 3-angled, 3-celled: drupe without juice, elliptic-oblong, 3-edged, 3-winged, the shell stony.—About 5 species, W. Indies. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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