Pisonia

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Pisonia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pisonia (named after Willem Piso, a physician and naturalist of Amsterdam, who died in 1648). Nyctaginaceae. Erect or rarely subscandent trees and shrubs: lvs. opposite or subverticillate: infl. terminal, axillary or lateral clusters; fls. dioecious, rarely monoecious or hermaphrodite, pink, greenish or yellow; perianth 5-toothed; stamens 6-10; ovary elongate-ovoid, sessile: fr. an elongated utricle often bearing at its base the persistent filaments enveloped in the calyx and becoming fleshy, smooth or covered with spiny glands. About 80 species, mostly natives of Trop. ana Sub- trop. Amer. but a few in Asia, in the Mascarene Isls., and Polynesia. P. Brunoniana, Endl. A tree reaching a height of nearly 50 ft.: lvs. alternate, oval-oblong, up to 10 in. long and 4 in. broad, acuminate, entire or sinuate; petiole somewhat thick, up to 1 in. long: fls. very inconspicuous in spreading terminal cymes. Tahiti and Marquesas Isls. Intro, in Belgian gardens. This species has been referred to both P. umbellifera, Forst., and P. inermis, Forst., not Jacq. The most recent treatment by Rock, "The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands," regards it as a synonym of P. inermis. The following species are also reported as having been in cult.: P. aculeata, Linn., P. inermis, Forst., not Jacq. (P. grandis, R. Br.), and P. obtusata, Jacq., but apparently are not now grown. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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