Pyrenacantha

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Pyrenacantha in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Pyrenacantha (Greek, grain, thorn; the inner surface of the husk of the fruit is covered with many blunt prickles). Icacinaceae. Climbing shrubs with alternate, hairy, 3-5-nerved, entire, or toothed or lobed lvs. and fls. in spikes: fls. dioecious; perianth 4-or rarely 3-5-lobed; ovary superior, 1-celled, 2-ovuled: drupe compressed, with the mesocarp spinulose-verru-cose within. About 15 species from Trop. and S. Afr. P. malvifolia, Engl. A succulent plant with a fleshy subglobose smooth st. resembling a stone from a distance: branches short or long and scandent: lvs. kidney-shaped, irregularly 3-5-lobed, pilose: fls. small, in spikes; perianth 4-lobed. E. Afr. G.W. 10, p. 354. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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