Cryptostegia
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Cryptostegia (Greek, krupto, conceal, and stego, cover; referring to the 5-scaled crown in the corolla- tube, which is not exposed to view). Asclepiadaceae. Tropical climbers. Leaves opposite: fls. large and showy in a terminal trichotomous cyme; corolla funnel-shaped, the tube short.—Only 2 species, 1 from Trop. Afr., and 1 from Madagascar. The juice of C. grandiflora, when exposed to the sunshine, produces caoutchoue. See Diet. Economic Products India 2:625. The plant is cult, in India for this purpose. It is rarely cult, in Old World greenhouses for ornament. It is said to be of easy cult, in a warmhouse and prop, by cuttings.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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