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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Feroniella in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
(diminutive of Feronia, Roman goddess of forests). Rutaceae, tribe Citreae, subtribe Feroninae. Small much-branched spiny tree, related to Feronia and suggested as a possible stock for citrous fruits. Leaves odd-pinnate, persistent, 3-6-paired; rachis cylindrical, sometimes narrowly winged; spines solitary, in the axils of the lvs.: fls. in much-branched axillary infl., perfect, or by abortion male, usually 5- parted, having 4 times as many stamens as petals; filaments much longer than the anthers, dilated at base and having a hairy appendix on the inner side; style long, stigma cylindric, caducous; ovary at first 5-6-celled, later becoming by confluence 1-celled: fr. spherical or depressed globose, with a hard shell composed of radially arranged prismatic elements; pulp edible; seeds numerous, oblong or elliptical, with a smooth crustaceous testa; cotyledons aerial in germination.— Two species are known. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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