Hovenia

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Read about Hovenia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Hovenia (after David Hoven, Senator of Amsterdam). Rhamnaceae. Ornamental shrub or small tree, grown chiefly for its handsome foliage. Leaves deciduous, alternate, without stipules, long-petioled: fls. in axillary and terminal racemes; calyx- obes, petals and stamens 5, style 3-parted : fr. 3-cellcd and 3-seeded, indehiscent. — One species in Japan, China and Himalayas. Hovenia has greenish inconspicuous flowers in axillary peduncled cymes, and small globular fruits on reddish, fleshy and edible peduncles. It grows into a small round-headed tree, with handsome somewhat shining foliage. It thrives best in sandy loam and has proved fairly hardy in favorable positions at the Arnold Arboretum. Propagation is by seeds, also by root-cuttings and cuttings of ripened wood under glass. dulcis, Thunb. (H. acerba, Lindl. H. inaequalis, DC.). Japanese Raisin Tree. To 30 ft.: lvs. cordate-ovate or ovate-acuminate, serrate, sometimes nearly entire, almost glabrous or pubescent on the veins beneath, 4-6 in. long: cymes many-fld. Japan, China, Himalayas. S.Z. 73, 74. B.M. 2360. B.R. 501. S.I.F. 2:47. A.G. 12:80. Alfred Rehder. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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