Parsonsia

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Parsonsia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Parsonsia (after John Parsons, a Scottish naturalist), Apocynaceae. Twining shrubs with opposite lvs.: calyx 5-parted, glandular or naked, or with 5 scales; corolla salver- shaped, tube short; lobes overlapping to the right; stamens inserted in the tube, filaments often twisted, anthers conniving over and adhering to the stigma, cells spurred and empty below; disk of 5 lobes or scales; ovary 2-celled, cells many- ovuled. About 20 species in tropical Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. The genus as here defined is that of Robert Brown; some recent authors have revived the older genus of the same name of Patrick Browne, making it supplant the usual species of Cuphea (p. 913). P. padddisonii R.T.Baker, is reported as under cult. It is a woody climber with glabrous sts., attaining a height of about 5m, and with stalked obovate-lanceolate lvs. This species produces tubers the size of beet-root, which are used as food by colonists as well as natives of New South Wales. R.H. 1901:322 (note). ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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