Fluggea

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture


Fluggea (for Fluegge, a German botanist of early 19th century). Euphorbiaceae. Tropical shrubs, sometimes cult, in the greenhouse: lvs. alternate, simple, entire: fls. apetalous, the staminate in axillary clusters, with imbricate calyx and rudimentary pistil, the pistillate borne singly, and with a lobed disk present, styles slender—ovules 2 in each of the 3 cells: seeds grooved on the inner face.—Six species in the Old World tropics. Related to Phyllanthus. One species, F. leucopyrus, Willd., with orbicular to obovate lvs. and edible white berries has been intro. to cult, in Eu. It is a bushy shrub from Asia south to Austral, and is said to need rich mold and moist high temperature. Prop, by cuttings.

J. B. S. Norton.

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