Parmentiera


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Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: ?
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Scientific Names



Read about Parmentiera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Parmentiera (named after Ant. Aug. Parmen- tier, who introduced potato-cult, into France). Bignoniaceae. Shrubs or small trees with spirally placed flowers in 3's: flowers from the old wood on rather long peduncles, almost regular; calyx spathe-like, splitting up one side; corolla campanulate-funnelform, little crooked, limb sub-2-labiate, posterior 2-parted, anterior 3-parted, lobes all broadly spreading; stamens 4, scarcely exserted; ovary sessile, 2-loculate, many-seeded:fruit elongate-cylindrical or oblong: leaves alternate or subopposite, 3-foliate or some simple, common petiole often broad. Species 2, from Mex. and Panama. P. cerifera. Seem., from Panama, called "palo de vela," or candle-tree, from its long cylindrical fruits which are smooth and white like candles, has been offeied in the trade. CH


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