Lecythis

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Lecythis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Lecythis (Greek for an oil-jar, from the shape of frs.). Lecythidaceae. One of a group of interesting Trop. American genera, comprising Couroupita, Grias, Japarandiba, Bertholletia. The species of Lecythis are shrubs or trees, one or two of which have been grown under glass abroad for their showy red flowers L. Zabucajo, Aubl., yields the excellent sapucaya nuts, resembling Brazil-nuts and superior to them. L. Ollaria, Linn., the monkey-pot, yields a regular urn-shaped fruits or box with a lid or cover. Lecythis is of perhaps 40 species, of the habit of Couroupita but flowers smaller, in Trop. .S. Amer.: leaves alternate, coriaceous, entire or serrate: flowers usually large, in panicles or racemes; calyx with a turbinate tube and 4 or 6 segms.; petals usually 6, sometimes 4, nearly equal; stamens many, united in a hood-shaped body with the fertile anthers beneath: fruits leathery or woody, odd, globose or cup-shaped or urn- shaped with an operculum; seeds few, often large. None of the species seems to be of horticultural importance within our range. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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