Excoecaria
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Read about Excoecaria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Excoecaria (from Latin excoecares. referring to its effect on the eyes). Euphorbiaceae. Tropical trees or shrubs with poisonous milky juice rarely cultivated for ornament. Glabrous: lvs. alternate or opposite, usually entire (or crenate to serrate): infl. usually in axillary spikes; fls. dioecious or monoecious; calyx imbricate; sepals 2-3, free or connate at base; petals none; stamens 2-3, erect in bud; filaments free; ovary 3-celled, 3-ovuled: seed not canaliculate.—About 25 species in the Old World tropics. Related to Stillingia and Sapium.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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