Gonlobus

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Gonlobus (name refers to the angled pod of one of the original species). Asdepiadaceae. Mostly trailing or climbing plants, herbaceous or woody, of Amer., chiefly tropical: lvs. opposite and mostly cordate: fls. dull or dark-colored, of medium or large size, in fascicles or umbel-like cymes; corolla rotate to campanulate, 5 lobed; crown ring-like or cup-like, entire, lobed or divided; anthers short and borne under the disk of the stigma or on the margin of it; pollinia nearly or quite horizontal; stigma flat-topped.—Seventy-five or more species, only one of which seems to be in horticultural lists. G. edulis, Hemsl., of Guatemala and Costa Rica, is a more or less rusty-hairy twining shrub, with ovate-oblong deeply cordate lvs., and 3-5-fld. short peduncles: corolla of medium size, white, densely bearded inside; crown short, with 5 interior longitudinal lamelte: follicles the size of a swan's egg, edible.—It is said to be hardy at Santa Barbara and to bloom profusely but to set no fr. It is the guayote of the natives of Costa Rica. G. cundurango, Triana (equals Maredenia).—G. martianus, Hook., is properly Fiacheria martiana, Decne. A handsome stove twiner with pretty fls. in early summer: lvs. oblong-ovate, hairy, acuminate: fls. white with a green ring at base and a red hairy calyx. Brazil. CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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