Echites

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Echites in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Echites (Greek, viper; possibly from its poisonous milky juice or from its twining habit). Apocynaceae. Tropical American twining shrubs related to Dipladenia, and of similar culture. The genus differs technically from Dipladenia in the 5-lobed disk and the glandular or 5-scaled calyx. Lvs. simple, opposite, penninerved: fls. usually showy, purple, red, yellow or white, in sub-cymose clusters; calyx small, 5-lobed, with many glands at the base inside or else 5 scales opposite the lobes; corolla salver- shaped, the throat usually contracted, the limb 5-lobed; stamens included, the filaments very short; stigma with an appendage in the form of a reversed cup or of 5 lobes.—Some 40 species, S. Fla. to Chile. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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