Sargentodoxa

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Scientific Names

Read about Sargentodoxa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Sargentodoxa (after C. S. Sargent, director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; and Greek, doxe, glory). Lardizabalaceae. A woody vine, with deciduous 3-foliolate lvs. and dioecious, yellow campanulate fls. in pendulous racemes and with frs. consisting of berry-like bluish black ovoid carpels. Staminate fls. 6-merous; sepals petaloid; petals wanting; nectaries minute, suborbicular; stamens with short filaments and oblong anthers: fr. consisting of ovoid stipitate carpels each with 1 ovoid, glossy black seed. Differs from all members of the family by its numerous 1-ovuled carpels. One species in Cent. China. A handsome vigorous-growing vine with rather large foliage and fragrant yellow fls. appearing with the leaves. Probably not hardy N. Prop. is by seed and by layers or cuttings. S. cuneata, Rehd. & Wilson (Holboellia cuneata, Oliver, partly). Climbing, to 20 ft., glabrous: lvs. long-petioled; lfts. 3, the middle one stalked, rhombic to rhombic-obovate, 3-5 in. long, the lateral ones sessile, very unsymmetrical, ovate, slightly larger than the terminal one: staminate racemes 4-5 in. long; fls. nearly 1/2 in. long, slender-stalked, yellow, fragrant; sepals narrow-oblong; stamen much shorter; ripe carpels 1/3 in. long on a stalk of about equal length. H.I. 19:1817 (excluding the fruits, which belong to Sinofranchetia). 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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