Gevuina

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Gevuina in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Gevuina from the Chilean name). Also written Guevina. Proteaceae. One species, G. avellana, Molina (Syn., Quadria heterophylla, Ruiz & Pav.), sparingly planted in Calif. Chilean Ndt. Chile Hazel. An evergreen tree, with large, alternate odd-pinnate, dark green, glossy lvs. and white, hermaphrodite fls. in long, axillary racemes: sepals 4, deciduous; stamens 4; ovary nearly sessile, 1-celled and 2-ovuled, the style filiform: fr. a somewhat fleshy drupe, about the size of a cherry, coral-red when ripe, the seed having a pleasant-flavored kernel, resembling the hazel in taste and largely used by the Chileans. G.C. III. 40:174. Prop, by seeds or by green cuttings under glass. No trees of bearing age recorded in U. S., although a tree approximately 50 years old is recorded as bearing in Devonshire, England. W. A. Taylor. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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