Chiococca

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Chiococca in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Chiococca. Rubiaceae. Snowberry (which the name means in Greek). Shrubs, mostly climbing or trailing, of Trop. Amer. (a half-dozen or so species), and 3 in extreme S. Fla. Fls. in axillary panicles, the corolla funnelform and 5-parted; stamens 5, inserted on the base of the corolla, the filaments cohering at base; style filiform, the stigma club-shaped; ovary 2-3-loculed, becoming a small globular 2-seeded drupe. C. racemosa, Linn., of the Fla. Keys and S., is sometimes cult. in hothouses for its panicles of yellowish white fls. and the white frs.: lvs. ovate to lanceolate, thick and shining, entire: drupes ¼ in. diam.: twining, glabrous. C. anguifuga, Mart. (C. brachiata, Ruiz & Pav.), of S. Amer., the root affording a native snakebite remedy, has appeared in cult. (under the name var. acitifolia): woody, with erect branches: lvs. ovate, 3 in. or less long, sharp-acuminate: fls. ¼ in. long with recurved lobes, in axillary panicles shorter than the lvs.—In S. Fla. or on the Keys, 2 other species occur, but they apparently are not in cult.: C. alba, Hitchcock. Large, erect or reclining: lvs. elliptic to ovate: fls. white, often becoming yellow. C. pinetorum, Brit. Small, trailing: lvs. mostly elliptic to oblong: corolla always white. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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