Chiococca
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Read about Chiococca in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Chiococca. Rubiaceae. Snowberry (which the name means in Greek). Shrubs, mostly climbing or trailing, of Trop. Amer. (a half-dozen or so species), and 3 in extreme S. Fla. Fls. in axillary panicles, the corolla funnelform and 5-parted; stamens 5, inserted on the base of the corolla, the filaments cohering at base; style filiform, the stigma club-shaped; ovary 2-3-loculed, becoming a small globular 2-seeded drupe. C. racemosa, Linn., of the Fla. Keys and S., is sometimes cult. in hothouses for its panicles of yellowish white fls. and the white frs.: lvs. ovate to lanceolate, thick and shining, entire: drupes ¼ in. diam.: twining, glabrous. C. anguifuga, Mart. (C. brachiata, Ruiz & Pav.), of S. Amer., the root affording a native snakebite remedy, has appeared in cult. (under the name var. acitifolia): woody, with erect branches: lvs. ovate, 3 in. or less long, sharp-acuminate: fls. ¼ in. long with recurved lobes, in axillary panicles shorter than the lvs.—In S. Fla. or on the Keys, 2 other species occur, but they apparently are not in cult.: C. alba, Hitchcock. Large, erect or reclining: lvs. elliptic to ovate: fls. white, often becoming yellow. C. pinetorum, Brit. Small, trailing: lvs. mostly elliptic to oblong: corolla always white. L.H.B. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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