Mapania

Mapania subsp. var.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Mapania (an aboriginal name). Cyperaceae. Grass like or sedge like plants, sometimes grown under cover for the foliage effects. Stem very short, bearing long and often striking lvs.: scapes mostly leafless, bearing congested infl.: spikelet of 6 (sometimes 5) glumes: fr. a bony nut either dry or succulent.—There are perhaps 50 species in the tropics of both hemispheres, comprising strong often tall-lvd. perennial herbs. Two species, apparently good pot subjects, have been listed in recent years. M. pandanaefolia, Hort., is represented as dracena-like. caulescent, 3-4 ft. high, with long narrow graceful stiffish lvs. 24 in. long by 1 in. wide. G.C. III. 21:349. Gt. 46, p. 523. It is perhaps M. Pandanophyllum, Schum. & Hollr., which is M. hypolytroides, Benth., of Malay peninsula to Austral Pandanophyllum, Hypolytroides F. Muell. Hypolytrum, Pandanophyllum, F. Muell.). This much-named plant is separated by C. B. Clarke as Thoracostachyum hypolytroides, Clarke, a genus differing from Mapania in its corymbose rather than congested spikes. The lvs. are described as 4 ft. long and 1-2 in. broad, with scabrous edges: lowermost involucral bracts 1-2 ft. long and ½-1 in. broad, tapering to long points: spikelets very numerous, whitish. Apparently the only other species recently offered regularly is M. humilis, Naves & Vill. (M. lucida, N.E. Br.). Rhizome short and woody, terminating in a short st. or crown bearing a top of densely equitant lvs., which are 2-3 ft. long, 3-nerved, sharp on margins and keel: scapes from the lower axils, the mature infl. ovoid, the bracts shorter than the head. India. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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