Vochisia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Vochisia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Vochisia (Vochy is the name of one of the species in Guiana). Vochysiaceae. Glabrous or tomentose usually resinous trees, frequently tall shrubs, occasionally grown in the warmhouse: lvs. decussately opposite or verticillate, usually leathery; stipules small, subulate: fls. rather large, yellow, odorous, in elongated composite racemes or panicles; pedicels 2-bracted; sepals 5, connate at base, lateral and anterior very short, posterior largest, usually spurred; petals 1-3, linear or spatulate, anterior commonly larger than the others; stamen 1, fertile; ovary 3-celled: caps. leathery or woody, 3-celled, loculicidally 3-valved.— About 60 species, natives of Brazil, Guiana, E. Peru, and Colombia. The spelling Vochysia is later. V. ferruginea, Mart. (V. tomentosa, DC.). Tree, 25 ft. or more high: lvs. oval-oblong, long-acuminate, attenuate at base, glabrous above, ferrugineous-tomentose beneath: fls. in terminal racemes, which are loose and slightly nodding. Guiana.— V. guianensis, Aubl. Tree, 12 ft. or more high: lvs. obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, glabrous on both surfaces: fls. in simple racemes, which are erect, terminal and dense-fld.; spur spreading. Guiana. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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