Oldfieldia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

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Read about Oldfieldia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Oldfieldia (from R. A. Oldfield, a merchant at Sierra Leone). Euphorbiaceae. Evergreen tropical tree rarely cult, in greenhouses: Lvs. opposite, digitately compound; Ifts. 5-7, entire, coriaceous, pinnately veined: fls. dioecious, apetalous, in short axillary clusters; stamens 4-10; ovules 2 in each cell. Related to Bischofia. One species in Trop. Afr., O. africana, Hook., is said to yield the African oak, or African teakwood, sometimes exported. It may be grown from cuttings in loam, leaf-mold and sand and should be well watered when growing rapidly. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

Cultivation

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