Schleichera
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Schleichera (named for J. C. Schleicher, a Swiss botanist). Sapindaceae. Tree of some economic value and hardy in the far south of the U. S.: lvs. alternate, not stipulate, pinnate; lfts. opposite (or alternate), entire, repand-wavy or slightly serrate: infl. simple elongated panicles or racemes: fls. small, fascicled, regular, polygamously dioecious; calyx 4-6-cut, small, cup-shaped; petals lacking; disk complete, glabrous, wavy; stamens 5-8; ovary 3-4-celled: fr. dry-crustaceous-coriaceous. One species, Asia. S. trijuga, Willd. A large tree: lvs. paripinnate, 8-16 in. long; lfts. 4-8, opposite, 1-10 x 2/3-4 1/4 in., elliptic or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or short-acuminate, entire, sessile or subsessile: racemes axillary: fls. yellowish or green: fr. 3/4 - l in. long, ellipsoidal, glabrous, apiculate, smooth or spiny. Himalaya region, south through India, Ceylon, Burma, to Java and Timor. Intro. into Calif.—The timber is good, the bark is astringent and when mixed with oil is used by the natives to cure the itch, the oil of the seed is of economic use, and the subacid pulpy aril is edible. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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