Caralluma

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Read about Caralluma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Caralluma (aboriginal name). Asclepiadaceae. Low succulents, sometimes seen in collections; about 40 species, from S. Spain and Afr. to Arabia and India. They resemble stapelias, and require similar treatment. The sts. are leafless, somewhat branched, erect, 4-sided and the angles toothed: fls. near the summit of the sts., more or less clustered, purple, brown and yellow, and other colors; corolla rotate and 5-parted: fr. long and slender follicles. The carallumas are probably not in the American trade. Some of the names that may be expected in collections are C. adscendens, R. Br.; C. affinis, Wildem.; C. campanulata, N. E. Br. (Boucerosia campanulata, Wight); C. commutata, Berger (sometimes grown as C. Sprengeri); C. fimbriata, Wall.; C. inversa, N. E. Br.; C. Luntii, N. E. Br.; C. Sprengeri, N. E. Br.; C. Simonis, Berger (Boucerosia Simonis, Hort.); C. taria, N. E. Br.


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