Abuta

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Abuta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Abuta (native name). Menispermaceae. Greenhouse evergreen climber: plant dioecious, fascicled or panicled: staminate fls. with 3 exterior and 3 interior larger sepals, and 6 stamens; pistillate fls. with 6 staminodia and 3 carpels: fr. a drupe; 14 species in S. Amer. Prop. by cuttings under glass with bottom heat, and grown in peaty loam. A. rufescens, Aubl. Lvs. broad-ovate or suborbi- cular, coriaceous, brown or tawny beneath, 3-nerved: fls. small, dark purple within, the 3 large sepals obtuse. Little known in cult. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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