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Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or the upper alternate, simple. Inflorescences of showy flowers in axillary or terminal panicles. Calyx turbinate or hemispherical, usually 5-8-lobed; tube straight. Petals 5-8, clawed; limb often crinkled or fringed. Stamens numerous. Ovary 3-6-locular. Fruit a woody capsule, loculicidally dehiscent by 3-6 valves. Seeds winged. Derivation of name: After Magnus von Lagerström, 1696-1759, Swedish friend of Linnaeus Worldwide: 53 species from tropical Asia to Australia Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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