Chlorophora

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Chlorophora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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