Zanonia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Zanonia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Zanonia (Jacob Zanoni, 1615-1682, botanist of Bologna). Cucurbitaceae. Under this genus, one species, Z. sarcophylla, Wall., is sometimes listed among cult. plants. This plant is now placed in the genus Alsomitra and becomes A. sarcophylla, Hook. f. It is native of Burma: climbing shrub with very fleshy 3- foliolate lvs.; lfts. oblong, entire: fls. small, white, dioecious, in compound panicles; corolla rotate, 5-parted, with obtuse segms.; calyx rotate and 5-parted, with acute segms.; male fls. with 5 stamens; females with a 1-celled elongate 3-4-styled ovary: fr. a medium-sized 3-valved caps.; seeds black, narrowed at base, with 2 flat curved horns at apex. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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