Markhamia lutea

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Read about Markhamia lutea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Markhamia platycalyx, Sprague. Tree, to 40 ft.: lvs. ½—1 ft. long, with suborbicular pseudostipules ½-l in. broad in the axils; lfts. 5-9, short-stalked, elliptic-oblong to obovate, abruptly and obtusely acuminate, entire or serrate, lepidote, 2-5½in. long: panicles terminal or axillary, rather dense; calyx boat-shaped, pubescent and lepidote, ¾in. long; corolla yellow, inside striped red. lepidote, inside and outside, veined, the tube 1¼-1½ in. long, the elliptic-obovate lobes about ½in. long: caps, linear, 1 ft. lone. Uganda.— Said to yield the finest timber in Uganda.


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