Sclerocarya

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names
Anacardiaceae >	Sclerocarya >

If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!

Sclerocarya is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae.

Read about Sclerocarya in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Sclerocarya (Greek, hard and nut, or kernel). Anacardiaceae. Trees or shrubs, one of which, S. caffra, has been intro. into S. Calif.: lvs. aggregated toward the ends of the branches, alternate, odd-pinnate, glabrous; lfts. opposite, long-petiolate, very entire, glaucous below: the male fls. spicate; fls. polygamous; sepals 4, orbicular, colored, imbricate; petals 4, oblong, obtuse, spreading, reflexed, imbricate; disk depressed, entire; stamens in the male fls. 12-15, in the female fewer; ovary subglobose, 2-3-celled: drupe somewhat fleshy, the shell woody, 2-3-celled.—About 5 species, Trop. and S. Afr. S. caffra, Sond. Glabrous: lvs. alternate, 6-12 in. long; lfts. 1 1/2 -2 in. long, with a short, often oblique tapering point, base acute, pale below: male spikes 2-4, terminal: fls. very short-pedicelled, bracteolate, the dried pedicel red: drupe suborbicular, the size of a small walnut. S. Afr. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

Cultivation

Species include:

w:Sclerocarya. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
Sclerocarya QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)

This article is a stub. You can help Gardenology.org by expanding it.