Tococa

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Tococa (tococo is the native name of T. guianensis). Including Sphaerogyne. Melastomaceae. Glabrous or hispid-pilose shrubs, sometimes bearded with setae at the axils, grown in the warmhouse for their foliage. Leaves petioled, large, membranaceous, rarely coriaceous, entire or denticulate, 5-nerved: fls. rather large, arranged in terminal and sometimes also lateral panicles, white or rose; calyx glabrous, pilose or hispid, tube campanulate, terete or ribbed, limb obtusely rarely acutely 5-6-lobed; petals 5-6, obovate or oblong: stamens 10-12; ovary 3-5-celled: berry fleshy; seed obovoid or pyramidal.—About 50 species, natives of Brazil, N. Venezuela, and Guiana. Tococa requires a warmhouse temperature, with shady and fairly moist place. Use leaf-mold mixed with fibrous loam, and provide ample drainage. It is best propagated from what are called split joints, or eyes with the leaf rolled up, and inserted in thumb-pots in fine sand with chopped moss; then insert pot in sand or cocoa fiber, with bottom heat of 75° to 80°. Cover with bell-glass or other inclosure to exclude air and to keep a fairly moist (but not wet) condition. In about two months the cuttings will have rooted. The wood for propagating should be well ripened. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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