Citharexylum spinosum L.
Synonym: Citharexylum fruticosum L., Citharexylum
cinereum L.
VERBENACEAE
Local Names : പാരിജാതം,
Fiddlewood Tree, Spiny Fiddlewood.
Flowering Period : April to September.
Distribution : Native of West Indies
Uses: Timber yielding, Ornamental
Exotic : Yes.
Shrubs
or trees. Leaves decussate-opposite, alternate. Inflorescence axillary and
terminal, recemiform, erect or drooping; flowers numerous, small, regular or
somewhat zygomorphic. Calyx cupular or tubular, 5-lobed. Corolla white,
infundibular, usually 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments attached at or
above middle of corolla tube, included; the lower 2 forming staminodes. Ovary
perfectly or imperfectly 4-loculed; ovule 1 in each locule; style terminal;
stigma shortly 2-lobed. Fruit a drupe.
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