Trewia
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Trewia (from C. J. Trew, a German physician, 1695-1769). Also spelled Trevia. Euphorbiaceae. Small tropical softwood trees rarely cult. in greenhouses, but little known to gardeners and apparently not in the American trade: branching from the base: lvs. opposite, entire, 3-5-nerved: fls. dioecious, in lateral racemes or the pistillate singly, apetalous; stamens simple, 50 or more; styles free above the base. About 5 species, mostly in Trop. Asia. Related to Mallotus. T. nudiflora, Linn., with broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, cordate to subcuneate lvs., has been in cult. in Eu. from S. Asia. It is prop. by cuttings in sand. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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