Andira

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Read about Andira in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Andira (Brazilian name). Leguminosae. Angeleen Tree. Hothouse trees.

Trees, with conspicuous fls. in racemes: calyx 5- toothed or entire; keel petals distinct; ovary stalked: fr. a roundish 1-seeded pod.—Nearly 30 species of Tropical American and African.

Two or three species are sometimes cultivated in hothouses in the Old World and in American botanic gardens. They must be grown in rich loam and peat in the warmhouse. Propagation is by cuttings of ripened wood in sand under bell-jar, with bottom heat.


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