Tricalysia

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Tricalysia (Greek, triple calyx; true of some species). Including Kraussia. Rubiaceae. Erect or climbing shrubs, used as ornamentals in extreme South. Branches opposite, terete or obtusely quadrangular: lvs. opposite, short-petioled; stipules short, broad, apiculate and intra-petiolar: fls. rather small, subsessile, shortly pedicelled, axillary; calyx-tube turbinate or campanulate, 4-6-lobed or shortly dentate; corolla funnel-shaped or shortly salver-shaped, lobes 4-8, oval, ovate, or lanceolate; stamens 4-8; disk annular, fleshy, glabrous: ovary 2- rarely 3-celled: fr. pisiform, berry-like, leathery, 1-2-celled, few-seeded.—About 65 species, Trop. and S. Afr., Madagascar; two intro. in Fla. and S. Calif. T. Kraussiana, Schinz (Coffea Kraussiana, Hochst. Kraussia floribunda, Harv.). Shrub with reddish brown branches: lvs. ovate-oblong or lanceolate-subacute: cymes axillary, paniculate: corolla 3-4 lines long. Natal. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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