Chlorophora
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Read about Chlorophora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Chlorophora (Greek, referring to the fact that the fustic-tree bears a green dye). Moraceae. Two milky-juiced alternate-leaved trees, one in Trop. Afr. and one in Trop. Amer. Lvs. entire or toothed: dioecious; male fls. in cylindrical spikes, the females in nearly globular or oblong heads, these clusters solitary in the axils; perianth of male fls. 4-parted, the segms. broad and obtuse; stamens 4: ovary a minute rudiment in the males; perianth of female fls. 4-parted or -divided. the segms. concaves-thickened at the apex: style lateral on the oblique-ovoid ovary: achene equaling the perianth or somewhat exserted, covering the receptacle. C. tinctoria, Gaud. (Maclura tinctoria, Don) is the fustic of the W. Indies. It reaches a height of 50 ft., and a diam. of trunk of 2 ft.: usually not thorny: lvs. nearly entire, oblong, acuminate. Variable. The handsome yellow wood yields a yellow dye, which is used also in the making of browns and greens; it is also a strong and resistant timber. L. H. B.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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