Omphalea

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Read about Omphalea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Omphalea (Greek for naval or center, from the form of the disk or anthers). Euphorbiaceae. Mostly climbing or twining shrubs of the tropics. Juice milky: Lvs. alternate, entire, pinnately veined: fls. in terminal panicles, small, apetalous, monoecious; staminate calyx with 4-5 broad, free, imbricate sepals; stamens 2-3, filaments connate; ovary 3-celled, 1 ovule in each cell: fr. large, fleshy outside.—Twelve species in Trop. Amer. and 3 in the Old World tropics. Related to Sapium und Stillingia. Cult. in rich light soil; prop, by cuttings rooted with heat. O. triandra, Linn., Cob-Nut, Pop- Nut, Pig-nut, with oblong obtuse Lvs. and yellow fr. 1½ in. thick, has been cult, in Eu. The blackening juice of the fr. has been used in ink and the nuts eaten after removal of the poisonous embryo. W. Indies. L.B.C. 6:519. O. megacarpa, Hemsl., with lanceolate, acute Lvs., is native and cult, in the W. Indies, the large seeds, Hunter's-nut, being eaten as a nutrient and stimulant. H.I. 2537. O. diandra, Linn., with broad ovate or oblong Lvs., or a related species, has been intro. from the mountains of Colombia, where the oily seed is eaten and fed to hogs. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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