Saraca

Plant Characteristics
Habit		tree
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Cultivation

Features:	✓	evergreen

Scientific Names
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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Saraca in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Saraca (from Sarac, the name of the genus in India). Leguminosae. Unarmed trees (or tall climbing shrubs?), grown in the warmhouse. Leaves abruptly pinnate, the lfts. leathery, often few-paired; stipules small, caducous: fls. yellow, rose, or scarlet, racemose, the racemes in short very branched panicles which are often lateral; calyx-tube elongated, segms. 4, petal-like, ovate, strongly imbricated; petals none; stamens 3-9, free; ovary stipitate, ovules many: legume oblong or elongated, flat-compressed or turgid, leathery to somewhat woody, 2-valved.—About 6 species, Trop. Asia. ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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