Drypetes

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Drypetes in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Drypetes (probably from Greek for drupe, from the character of the fruit). Guiana Plum. White- Wood. Euphorbiaceae. Tropical evergreen greenhouse shrubs. Glabrous: lvs. leathery, alternate, simple, mostly entire: fls. dioecious, in axillary clusters or pistillate single, apetalous, staminate fls. with calyx imbricate and a rudimentary pistil; stigma broad, nearly sessile; pistil 1-celled, 2-ovuled.—About 10 species in Trop. Amer., 2 native in S. Fla. They do well in light loam. Prop, from cuttings in sand with heat. D. laterifiora, Urban (D. crocea, Poit. Schaefferia lateriflora, Swartz), of W. India region, 6 ft. high, lvs. elliptical, pointed, has been in cult. J. B. S. Norton. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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