Modecca

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Modecca in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Modecca (an E. Indian name). Passiflordceae. Thirty or more species of erect or twining and tendril- climbing plants in the tropics of Afr., Asia, Austral., little known in cult. Herbs or undershrubs: lvs. alternate, entire or palmately 3-5-lobed, gland-bearing at base of blade: fl.-stalks axillary, terminating in a tendril, bearing greenish or whitish unisexual fls., the hypanthium or calyx-tube not elongated; male fls. with 5 very narrow laciniate petals included within the fl.-tube, 4-5 stamens and 5 staminodes or disk- glands; female fls. with 10 staminodes or disk-glands in 2 series, and astipitate 1-celled ovary; both kinds of fls. with a corona of interesting structure: fr. a coriaceous or fleshy 3-valved or indehiscent caps. M. senensis, Mast. (Clemanthus senensis, Klotzsch. Adenia senensis, Engler), is a tall-climbing shrub from Senna, Zambesi and other places in Trop. Afr.: glabrous and rather glaucous: Ivs. 5-parted, pale green, glaucous beneath, the segms. narrow and obtuse: calyx coroHa-like, pale yellow, narrow campanulate, about 1 in. long; petals very small and contained within the calyx. B.M. 7763. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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