Ternstroemia

Plant Characteristics

Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Cultivation

Features:	✓	evergreen

Scientific Names

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Ternstroemia is a genus of plant in family Theaceae.

Read about Ternstroemia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ternstroemia (named for Christopher Ternstroem, Swedish naturalist; died 1745). Ternstroemiaceae. Evergreen trees or shrubs, adapted to the warmhouse. Lvs. leathery, entire or serrate-crenate: peduncles 1-fld., recurved, axillary or lateral, solitary or somewhat fascicled, 2 bracteoles below the fl.: sepals 5; petals 5; stamens numerous; ovary 2-3-celled (sometimes imperfectly so): fr. indehiscent.—About 45 species, warmer Asia, Indian Archipelago and Trop. Amer. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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Species

It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

• Ternstroemia bullata, Proctor
• Ternstroemia calycina, F. & R.
• Ternstroemia cleistogama, Kobuski
• Ternstroemia corneri, H. Keng
• Ternstroemia evenia, (King) A.C. Smith
• Ternstroemia glomerata, Proctor
• Ternstroemia granulata, Krug & Urb.
• Ternstroemia gymnanthera, cultivated as an evergreen shrub in subtropical areas, and has escaped cultivation in some
• Ternstroemia howardiana, Kobuski
• Ternstroemia japonica
• Ternstroemia landae, Standley & L.O. Williams
• Ternstroemia luquillensis, Krug & Urban
• Ternstroemia maclellandiana, Ridl.
• Ternstroemia penangiana, Choisy
• Ternstroemia polypetala, Melchior
• Ternstroemia subsessilis, (Britt.) Kobuski
• Ternstroemia wallichiana, (Griffith) Engl.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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