Mallotus

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Mallotus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Mallotus (Greek, woolly, from the long white spines on the fruit of some species). Euphorbiaceae. Trees or shrubs, some rarely cultivated for their economic products, but very little known as horticultural subjects. Leaves alternate or in a few species opposite, broad, simple, palmately nerved: fls. dioecious, small, in spikes or panicles; calyx valvate or imbricate; no petals, disk or rudiment of ovary in the staminate fls.; stamens numerous, anther-cells oblong; the 3 styles almost free at base, elongated; ovules 1 in each cell: caps, separating into 2-3 parts. About 80-90 species in the Old World tropics. Related to Mercurialis and Macaranga. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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