Xylopia aromatica

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Xylopia aromatica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Xylopia aromatica, Baill. (Habzelia aromatica, A. DC. Waria zeylanica, Aubl.). Maniguette. Bois d' Ecorce. Poivre des Negres. A tree with a trunk 20 ft. high or more, with a spreading crown and leafy branches: lvs. ovate or oblong-acuminate, glabrous, subsessile: fls. axillary, solitary or in pairs; calyx-divisions subrotund-ovate, acute, fleshy; petals 6, the 3 outer ones longer, ovate-oblong, on the outside villous, cinereous, on the inside glabrous, violet-colored, the 3 inner ones smaller, glabrous, violet-colored: berries reddish, numerous (12-25 in a cluster), oblong, subterete, shortly stipitate, with a longitudinal seam down one side; constricted between the seeds; seeds 3-6, orbiculate, reddish.—A species of doubtful relationship, owing to its broad petals and orbiculate seeds. It has been referred to Unona concolor, Willd., and may possibly be congeneric with Desmopsis or Unonopsis. The type, described by Aublet under the name Waria zeylanica, was collected in the forest of Timoutou, French Guiana. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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