Cespedesia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cespedesia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cespedesia (named in honor of Juan Maria Cespedes, priest of Bogota). Ochnaceae. Tall handsome glabrous trees, sometimes grown in the juvenile state in hothouses. Leaves alternate, large, coriaceous, mostly obovate to lanceolate and narrowed at base, entire, or crenate: fls. yellow, showy, in large terminal bractless panicles; sepals 5, small and deciduous; petals 5; stamens 10 to any: fr. a 5-valved caps.; seeds very small.—Species probably 6-10, in S. Amer. and Panama. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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