Alangium

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Features:	✓	evergreen, deciduous

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Scientific Names

Alangium >

Read about Alangium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Alangium (from the Malabar name). Including Marlea. Alangiaceae, formerly included in Cornaceae. Trees or shrubs, rarely grown in temperate regions for their handsome large foliage and fragrant fls. A genus of over 20 species of shrubs or small trees of the Old World tropics, with alternate entire or Iobed evergreen or deciduous Ivs. and small, perfect whitish, often fragrant, fls. in axillary clusters; calyx small, campanulate; petals 4-10, linear, usually laxly reflexed; stamens 4-30; ovary inferior, style simple, elongated: fr. a 1-seeded drupe. Sometimes cult. in Old World gardens, either as stove plants or out-of-doors in warmer regions, but probably not in the American trade. A. begoniifolium, Baill. (Marlea begoniifolia, Roxbg.) Tree to 60 ft.: Ivs. ovate, entire or slightly lobed, acuminate, usually rounded at base, to 8 in. long: fls. 3/4 in. long, in cymes; petals and stamens usually 6. Afr., S. and E. Asia. —A. decapetalum. Lam. (A. salviifolium var. decapetalum, Wang. A. Lamarckii, Thwait.). 30 ft.: Ivs. entire, oblong-lanceolate: fls. fragrant, white, solitary or in 2's or 3's in the axils; petals 10. India. —A. platanifolium. Harms (Marlea platanifolia, Sieb. & Zucc.J. Tree: Ivs. roundish in outline, 3-5-lobed, to 8-10 in. long: fls. over 1 in. long, in few-fld. cymes, petals and stamens usually 6. Japan, China. This seems to be the hardiest species and is probably hardy as far north as Washington. D. C. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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