Baccaurea ramiflora

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Baccaurea ramiflora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Baccaurea (Greek, bacca, berry, and aureus, golden, from the yellow fruit). Euphorbiaceae. Trees, rarely cult., some with edible fr.: Ivs. large, alternate, simple: infl. racemose; calyx imbricate; petals absent; 2 ovules in each of the 2-5 cells.—About 50 species in the Old World tropics: related to Antidesma. B. bracteata, Muell. Arg. (Pierardia dulcis, Wall.), is mentioned as once intro. to England. Malaya. Seed of B. Motleyana, Muell. Arg., of Malaya where the fr. is used, has been intro. by the U. S. Dept. Agric. J. B. S. Norton. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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