Testudinaria

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Testudinaria (from testudo a tortoise, alluding to the supposed resemblance to a tortoise of the above-ground roots). Dioscoriaceae. The Hottentot's Bread, Tortoise Plant, or Elephant's Foot. Perennial plants bearing a slender twining vine from a large hemispherical rhizome or caudex which is above ground and solid-fleshy or woody; sometimes grown in the greenhouse as curiosities or for illustration to students of botany, but not in common cultivation. Stems twining, slender, herbaceous: lvs. alternate, caudate or somewhat deltoid: fls. dioecious, small, racemose at the axils; perianth of male fls. broad-campanulate, 6-cleft, stamens 6, styles rudimentary; perianth-segms. of female fls. small, staminodia small; ovary ovoid or oblong, 3-celled: caps. 3-angled, angles prominent, cuneate-wing-like.—Three species from S. Afr.; a fourth has been described from Mex. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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