Maprounea
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Maprounea (Guiana name). Sometimes spelled Maprounia. Euphorbiaceae. Trees and shrubs, not in cult., but used for medicine and the like, in their native land. Glabrous: juice milky: lvs. entire, pinnate1y veined: infl. terminal; fls. apetalous, monoecious; staminate calyx 2-3-lobed, lobes imbricate; stamens 1-3, filaments connate; ovary 3-celled; 1 ovule in each cell: seed carunculate. Four species in Trop. Amer. and Afr. Related to Stillingia and Hippomane. M. brasiliensis, St. Hil., Marmeliera De Campo, and M. guyanensis, Aubl., Menudito, of Trop. S. Amer., are the chief species.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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