Cassipourea
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Read about Cassipourea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cassipourea. (a native name in Guiana). Rhizophoraceae. Perhaps a dozen or less species (if the African Dactylopetalum is included in the American Cassipourea) in Trop. Amer. and in Afr, one of which is now offered. Glabrous trees or shrubs: lvs. opposite or whorled, stalked, somewhat leathery, oblong or lanceolate, entire or somewhat crenate: fls. small or medium in size, white, solitary or fascicled in the axils; calyx 4-5-lobed; petals 4-7, fimbriate, linear or spatulate, inserted in the cup-like disk; stamens 10-30; ovary 2-4-celled: caps, ovoid, somewhat fleshy, tardily dehiscent, the cells 1-seeded. C. verticillata, N. E. Br., Natal, a handsome tree, with very shiny foliage: lvs. about 4 in. long and half as broad, in 3's or 4's, lightly creno-serrate or almost entire; petals 5-7, exserted, very narrow; stamens 10-14. — A rare mangrove-like tree, found at considerable elevations away from the coast. Offered in S. Calif. L.H.B. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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