Dorstenia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Dorstenia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Dorstenia (Theodor Dorsten, professor of medicine at Marburg, died 1539). Moraceae,. About 50 tropical herbs or small shrubs, remarkable for the dilated receptacle in which the unisexual fls. are borne, being imbedded in the surface. Both staminate and pistillate fls. are without perianth; stamens 1-4; ovary 1-loculed; stigma 2-lobed. Dorstenias are easily grown in warm shady glasshouses. The plants are not in the American trade, but they are often grown in botanical establishments to illustrate morphology. The fig is a hollow receptacle formed of the axis of the fl.-cluster; the dorstenia bears a flattened or cup-like receptacle, and is an intermediate stage between the fig and other plants. One of the common species is D. Contrajerva, Linn. (Fig. 1343), which is native to Trop. Amer.: fls. on a scape: lvs. round-cordate, palmately lobed or parted, the segms. ovate or oblong and more or less toothed: receptacle irregularly rectangular, peltate: rhizome cylindric, nodose. Mex., W. Indies, Venezuela, Colombia. L. H. B. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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