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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.
Many-stemmed shrubs, usually less than 2 m. tall. Leaves simple; blades narrow to ovate, toothed; no stipules. Inflorescence terminal erect and many flowered or lateral, a fewer flowered umbel or corymb. Flowers small, 5-parted; calyx lobes triangular; petals circular, white or pink, spreading. Fruit dry, pod-like. Seeds small. Derivation of name: Theophrastus' name for a plant used for making garlands Worldwide: Over 100 species in the temperate northern hemisphere. Zimbabwe: 5 cultivated taxa. |
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| Species | Content |
| cantoniensis Lour. | |
| douglasii Hook. var. menziesii (Hook.) C. Presl | |
| prunifolia Siebold & Zucc. | |
| thunbergii Siebold ex Blume | |
| × bumalda Burv. |
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