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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.
Deciduous trees. Leaf blades simple or deeply lobed, sometimes both on the same tree; margins usually toothed. Inflorescence umbel-like or a cluster. Flowers 5-parted, white, pink or mauve; petals obovate to oblong; Calyx lobes long, triangular. Fruit a pome, usually globose, green, yellow or red. Seeds readily splitting. Worldwide: About 55 species, mostly from temperate Eurasia, with 10 species from North America. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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