Oldfieldia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Oldfieldia (from R. A. Oldfield, a merchant at Sierra Leone). Euphorbiaceae. Evergreen tropical tree rarely cult, in greenhouses: Lvs. opposite, digitately compound; Ifts. 5-7, entire, coriaceous, pinnately veined: fls. dioecious, apetalous, in short axillary clusters; stamens 4-10; ovules 2 in each cell. Related to Bischofia. One species in Trop. Afr., O. africana, Hook., is said to yield the African oak, or African teakwood, sometimes exported. It may be grown from cuttings in loam, leaf-mold and sand and should be well watered when growing rapidly.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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