Populus euphratica

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Scientific Names

Read about Populus euphratica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Populus euphratica, Oliver (P. diversifolia, Schrenk. P.ariana and P. Litwinowiana, Dode). Medium-sized tree,to 50 ft., attaining 2 ft. or more in diam., with pubescent not viscid buds and terete branches: lvs. on young shoots broad-linear (3-6 in. long) or oblong, short- stalked, entire; on short shoots or older parts half as long, ovate to rhombic to orbicular and more or less lobed or cut, at base rounded, cordate or cuneate, the stalk 1-2 in. long: catkins loose; stamens 8-12, scales cut, and disk orbicular; pistillate disk tubular and cleft: caps, to 1/2 in. long. Egypt and Syria to Cent. Asia and China. Gt. 7, p. 170. It is the "willow" of the Children of Israel: perhaps planted within our range. P. pruinosa, Schrenk, is a related tree of Turkestan and S. W. Siberia, with bark on the old trunks distinctly and deeply grooved as in ash and elm, whereas P. euphratica has a shaggy bark: lvs. ovate-elliptic to reniform, never lanceolate, entire. P. Denhardtiorum, Dode, a tree 60-80 ft. high in E. Trop. Afr., from sea-level to 1,500 ft. altitude, differs from P. euphratica in female racemes being shorter, perianth more deeply divided, ovary larger, and with a very large plane stigma: petioles twisted, so that the lvs. hang vertically. Tree used by the natives for dug-out canoes. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

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

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