Diphysa
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Read about Diphysa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Diphysa (two bladders, because of the structure of the pod). Leguminosae. Shrubs or trees, usually glandular, with odd-pinnate Lvs. and papilionaceous fls., of about 10 or 12 species in Mex., Cent. Amer., to Venezuela, rarely seen in cult. abroad in warmhouses: calyx with 5 unlike teeth, the 2 upper short; standard of the corolla orbicular, clawed, with 2 callosities inside; wings obovate or oblong or nearly lanceolate; keel as long as the wings or somewhat longer: fr. a stipitate more or less inflated pod: fls. yellow, in short racemes or fascicles. D. carthagenensis, Jacq., is a shrub or small unarmed tree, with 2-3-fld. axillary peduncles, and about 5 pairs of Ifts. D. floribunda, Peyr., has been offered in S. Calif.: much-branching shrub: Lvs. alternate; Ifts. 7-13, elliptic or broad-oblong, the mid-nerve ending in a mucro: fls. yellow, in short secund racemes; standard strongly reflexed, ½ in. broad. S. Mex. L. H. B. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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