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Staples, G.W. & Herbst, D.R. (2005) A Tropical Garden Flora; plants cultivated in the Hawaiian islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Herbs, shrubs or small trees. Leaf blades 3-7-veined. Inflorescence of mostly terminal bracteate clusters. Floral tube usually hairy. Calyx lobes usually 5, deciduous or not. Ovary free, 5-celled. Fruit a woody capsule. Seeds numerous, coiled, warty. Worldwide: c. 350 species ranging from Mexico and the West Indies to northern Argentina. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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