Paullinia
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Read about Paullinia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Paullinia (probably after Simon Paulli, 1608- 1680, professor of anatomy, surgery, and botany at Copenhagen). Sapindaceae. One species is a greenhouse climber, which may also be grown as an upright fern- like pot-plant. Twining shrubs: lvs. alternate, stipulate, compound, 1-3-ternate or pinnate, or decompound; petiole often winged; lfts. usually dentate, dotted or minutely lined: racemes axillary, usually witn 2 tendrils; fls. whitish or pale, small; sepals 5, the 2 upper larger, connate; petals 4, but there is a fifth abortive one, two of the petals smaller and bearing a scale below the apex; stamens 8; ovary 3-celled, bearing a 3-parted style. Trop. Amer.. and sparingly in Afr.; species about 140. Distinguished from allied genera, as Cardiospermum, by the septicidal fr., which is often pear-shaped. P. thalictrifolia is a handsome stove foliage plant, with much divided lvs. somewhat resembling a rue, maidenhair, or davallia. The fls. are inconspicuous, pinkish and borne in autumn. Forty to fifty years ago, when the interest in foliage plants was at its height, this plant was widely distributed. It used to be trained to a trellis for exhibition or grown on the pillars and rafters of hothouses. It is now a rare but choice plant for clothing the tops of unsightly tubs in which palms are growing. It is also excellent for large vases and stands the sun well. The young lvs. have a pretty bronze tint unless they are shaded too much. The plant is prop, by cuttings of young shoots taken in early spring. If the tops are pinched, the young plants will branch out and make handsome specimens in 4- or 5- in. pots. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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