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Honckenya (named after G. A. Honckeny, 1724-1805, author of a flora of Germany). Tiliaceae. Trees or shrubs covered with stellate pubescence: lvs. entire or lobed: fls. large, blue-violet, showy, in terminal racemes; calyx of 4-5 sepals; petals 4-5, gland less at the base: caps, oblong, loculicidally 4-8-valved; seeds numerous, horizontal, compressed.—Two or 3 species in Trop. W. Afr. H. ficifolia, Willd., is offered abroad. Shrub, with purplish branches: lvs. cordate, roundish or oblong, more or less deeply 3-7-lobed: fls. numerous, in terminal racemose cymes; sepals 3-5, oblong; petals roundish, stalked; ovary 4-8-celled, with numerous ovules in each cell: caps. 1-2 in. long; valves covered with numerous, spreading ciliated bristles, each terminated by a small, white deciduous point. Guinea. B.M. 7836. —A handsome-fld. shrub. Prop, by cuttings of young wood inserted in sand under glass with bottom heat. Thrives in a mixture of loam and peat. L H. B.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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Describe the plant here...
{{Inc|
Honckenya (named after G. A. Honckeny, 1724-1805, author of a flora of Germany). Tiliaceae. Trees or shrubs covered with stellate pubescence: lvs. entire or lobed: fls. large, blue-violet, showy, in terminal racemes; calyx of 4-5 sepals; petals 4-5, gland less at the base: caps, oblong, loculicidally 4-8-valved; seeds numerous, horizontal, compressed.—Two or 3 species in Trop. W. Afr. H. ficifolia, Willd., is offered abroad. Shrub, with purplish branches: lvs. cordate, roundish or oblong, more or less deeply 3-7-lobed: fls. numerous, in terminal racemose cymes; sepals 3-5, oblong; petals roundish, stalked; ovary 4-8-celled, with numerous ovules in each cell: caps. 1-2 in. long; valves covered with numerous, spreading ciliated bristles, each terminated by a small, white deciduous point. Guinea. B.M. 7836. —A handsome-fld. shrub. Prop, by cuttings of young wood inserted in sand under glass with bottom heat. Thrives in a mixture of loam and peat. L H. B.
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==Cultivation==
<!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
<!-- This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
==Gallery==
{{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery -->
<gallery>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
*{{wplink}}
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