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Title: Some ornamental shrubs for the Tropics
Identifier: CAT31289494 (find matches)
Year: 1951 (1950s)
Authors: Hume, Edward Putnam, 1911-
Subjects: Shrubs Tropics
Publisher: (Washington : U. S. Govt. Print. Off. )
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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132 CIRCULAR 34, FEDERAL EXPERIMENT STATION
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Figure 86.—The Florida yellowtrumpet, Stenolobium stems, carries bright yellow flowers in profusion. Synsepalum dulcificum (Schum.) Daniell Miracle Fruit (fig. 87) Sapotaceae The U. S. Department of Agriculture introduced this much branched shrub into the United States from Cameroun, West Africa, where it attains a height of 6 feet. In Puerto Rico it has proved a slow grower in heavy soil, seldom exceeding 4 feet, but is densely foliated. It is, therefore, well suited for locations requiring strictly limited height. The fruits are not particularly sweet but have the remarkable property of sweetening the taste of sour fruits eaten up to several hours later. It is believed that the juice temporarily paralyzes the sour taste buds in the mouth. The flowers are minute, without landscape value; but the dark- red, capsule-shaped fruits are attractive ornaments, one-half inch long. The narrow leaves are closely set at branch tips on very short petioles. The blades are widest near the tip end, with a long, tapering base. Plants are grown from seed.

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