Maprounea

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Maprounea >

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Read about Maprounea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Maprounea (Guiana name). Sometimes spelled Maprounia. Euphorbiaceae. Trees and shrubs, not in cult., but used for medicine and the like, in their native land. Glabrous: juice milky: lvs. entire, pinnate1y veined: infl. terminal; fls. apetalous, monoecious; staminate calyx 2-3-lobed, lobes imbricate; stamens 1-3, filaments connate; ovary 3-celled; 1 ovule in each cell: seed carunculate. Four species in Trop. Amer. and Afr. Related to Stillingia and Hippomane. M. brasiliensis, St. Hil., Marmeliera De Campo, and M. guyanensis, Aubl., Menudito, of Trop. S. Amer., are the chief species. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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