Dolichos

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Dolichos in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Dolichos (old Greek name). Leguminosae. Tropical twiners (a bush variety of D. Lablab is now being offered by seedsmen), of which a few forms are in cultivation, some for ornament and some for forage. Keel of the corolla narrow and bent inward at right angles, but not distinctly coiled; style bearded under the stigma, which is terminal; stipules small. For botanical distinctions between Dolichos, Phaseolus and Vigna see Vigna. The styles are points of difference (Fig. 1340). D. japonicus, a most worthy ornamental vine, will be found under Pueraria. For D. sesquipedalis, see Vigna—Perhaps 50- 60 species, widely distributed. Three species of Dolichos are now grown in Amer. D. pseudopachyrrhizus. Harms, recently intro. into some of the European gardens from Trop. Afr., is a perennial form with a large tuberous rootstock: sts. long, round or angular: lvs. long-stalked, 3-foliplate; lfts. very variable in shape, the lateral often ovate or elliptic and the terminal broadly rhomboid, 3¼-8 in. long, 2½-7 in. broad: fls. email, chiefly violet-blue, in racemes ½-1¾ ft. long. Geo. F. Freeman. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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