Maranta leuconeura

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Read about Maranta leuconeura in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Maranta leuconeura, Morr. Dwarf, the st. and lvs. about 1 ft. high, not tuberculate at base: lvs. oblong or broadly elliptic, usually obtuse or very short-acuminate, grayish green, white striped or banded along the veins, and marked with darker green, glaucous or purple beneath; outer staminode white, obovate and emarginate. Native in Brazil. Var. Massangeana, Schum. (M. Massangeana, Morr. M. bicolor var. Massangeana, Hort.). Lvs. smaller, beautiful purple beneath: fls. somewhat smaller, the sepals about 1/6 in. long: staminode deep violet,- somewhat 3-lobed. Var. Kerchoveana, Morr. (M. Kerchoveana, Hort.). Lvs. larger, glaucous or red-spotted beneath: fls. larger; staminode entire. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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