Atalantia monophylla

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Read about Atalantia monophylla in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Atalantia monophylla, DC. (Limonia monophylla, Roxbg., not Linn.). A large shrub or small tree, native to India, Ceylon, Burma, Siam and Indo-China, usually spiny: Lvs. glabrous, or sometimes pubescent, 1-3 in. long; petioles short, slightly or not at all winged: fls. borne in axillary panicles; calyx irregularly lobed, split to the base on one side; petals usually 4, stamens 8, the filaments connate and forming a completely closed tube; ovary 3-5-celled: fr. from ½-¾ in. diam., with a skin like a lime, globose, with several cells (generally 4), each usually containing 1 seed and filled with pulp-vesicles, making the fr. much like a miniature orange. India, Ceylon, farther India. Ill. Roxbg. PI. Corom., pl. 83. Wight, Icones, pl. 1611. Engl. in Engl. and Prantl. Nat. Planzenf. III. 4:191; fig. III, C.D.—This tree, still little known outside of India and Ceylon, is the type of the genus Atalantia, and one of the promising species for trial as a stock on which to graft other citrus frs., and also for use in breeding new types of citrus frs. The frs. yield an oil which in India is considered a valuable application in chronic rheumatism. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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