Merope

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Merope >

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Read about Merope in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Merope (named for Merope, one of the Pleiades). Rutaceae. Kigerukkan. A curious and as yet little- known salt-resistant plant related to Citrus, of interest for trial as a stock. Small spiny tree: lvs. simple, thick and leathery; spines in pairs in the axils of the lvs.: fls. white, 5-merous with 10 free stamens: frs. triangular, having large flattened seeds imbedded in the sticky mucilaginous pulp.—Only one species is known. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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