Turraea

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Scientific Names

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Turraea is a genus of plants in family Meliaceae, native throughout of Old World Tropics.

Read about Turraea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Turraea (named for Giorgio della Torre or Turra, 1607-1688, botanist of Padua, Italy). Meliaceae. Trees or shrubs, sometimes grown in the greenhouse in the North; in the South used as outdoor ornamentals. Leaves alternate, petioled, entire or obtusely lobed: peduncles axillary, few-fld. and many-bracted: fls. elongated, white; calyx 4-5-toothed or parted; petals 4-5, elongated, free, twisted; staminal tube 8-10-toothed, anthers 8-10; disk annular; ovary oblong, 5-10-20-celled; ovules 2, superposed in each cell: caps. 5- to many-celled, loculicidally 5- to many-valved.— About 73 species, Trop. and S. Afr., Trop. Asia, and Austral. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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Species

It contains approximately 70 species, including:

• Turraea adjanohounii, Aké Assi
• Turraea kimbozensis, Cheek
• Turraea socotrana, White

Turraea abyssinica Hochst.

Turraea anomala (O. Hoffm.) Harms

Turraea fockei Buchenau

Turraea floribunda Hochst.

Turraea geayi Danguy

• Turraea heterophylla

Turraea humberti Danguy

Turraea lanceolata Cav.

Turraea longifolia C. DC.

Turraea mombassana

Turraea nilotica Kotschy & Peyr.

Turraea obovata Gürke

• Turraea obtusifolia Hochst.

Turraea pervillei Baill.

Turraea pubescens Hell.

Turraea rhombifolia Baker

Turraea richardii Baill.

Turraea robusta

Turraea rostrata C. DC.

Turraea sericea Sm.

Turraea thouvenotii Danguy

Turraea venulosa Baker

Turraea virens L.

Turraea wakefieldii Oliv.

Turraea zambesica Sprague & Hutch. ex Hutch.

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References

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

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