Macaranga

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 Macaranga subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Macaranga (the Madagascar name). Euphorbiaceae. Trees or shrubs, rarely cult. in greenhouses or in tropical lands. Lvs. alternate, simple, entire, palmately nerved, peltate: fls. dioecious or monoecious, inconspicuous, apetalous; calyx valvate; anthers 3-4-celled; styles free, short, undivided; ovary 1-3-celled, 1 ovule in each cell. Species more than 100 in the Old World tropics. Related to Mallotus and Mercurialis. Prop. and cult. similar to codieum. M. Porteana, Andre (Mappa Porteana, Hort.), of Philippine Isls. A very striking plant, with orbicular-ovate, strongly ribbed lvs. nearly 3 ft. wide, and small fls. in rod panicles, is in cult, in Eu. R.H. 1888, p. 176. G.C. III. 16:284. B.M. 7407. M.. kilimandscharica, Pax, resembles M. Porleana in habit, but is smaller, with peltate lvs., bronze-colored when young. German E. Afr. The other species appear not to be in cult.


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