Trochetia
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Trochetia (named for R.I.G. du Trochet, 1771-1847, Paris). Sterculiaceae. Shrubs or trees, evergreen, grown in the warmhouse or coolhouse. Lvs. entire, leathery: peduncles axillary, 1-3-fld.: fls. usually pendulous, rather large; calyx 5-parted, leathery; petals 5, flat, broad, and persistent; staminal column short, bearing 5 ligulate staminodia; anthers 10, 15, or 20, stipitate; ovary sessile, 5-celled, cells with many ovules: caps. loculicidally 5-valved.—About 6 or 7 species, natives of Mauritius, St. Helena, and Mascarene Isls. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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