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Stace, C.A. (2010) New Flora of the British Isles. 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Evergreen shrubs, up to 3 m with arching branches. Leaves simple, alternate, glossy with serrated margins, petiolate, without stipules. Flowers aromatic on racemes or panicles; Sepals 5, arising from the hypanthium; petals 5, free, longer than the calyx with distinct claw. Ovary inferior. Fruit a capsule. Derivation of name: for Jose Antonio Escallon y Elorez, 1739-1819, Spanish administrator, physician, botanist and plant collector. Worldwide: About 40 species native to north and south America. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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