atoll research bulletin no. 392 the flora of - Smithsonian Institution ...
atoll research bulletin no. 392 the flora of - Smithsonian Institution ...
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deltoid-ovate, but deeply too<strong>the</strong>d or lobed, <strong>of</strong>ten much crisped; flowers, 2 mm in<br />
diameter, greenish-yellow, umbellets, 10 to 20 flowered, borne in flat-topped compound<br />
umbels, 2 to 5 cm in diameter; fruit (carpel), 2 to 3 mm long, grey-brown, ovoid,<br />
laterally compressed, with 5 slender ridges. Pot herb in European home gardens; planted<br />
in a halved 50-gallon drum on Command Ridge. Leaves and stems used by European<br />
inhabitants as a spice in cooking. 5.<br />
Coriandrum sativum L. "coriander", "cilan trow, "Chinese parsley"<br />
dhania (Hindi), uen sai (C)<br />
Recent introduction. S. Europe and <strong>the</strong> Mediterranean region. Occasional. Erect<br />
annual herb, 15 to 30 cm high; lower leaves, bright green, broad with crenately-lobed<br />
margins, upper leaves finely cut with narrow linear lobes; flowers, white to pinkish, in<br />
terminal umbels; fruit, about 3 mm in diameter, globose, yellow-brown, ribbed, 2-<br />
seeded, with an unpleasant smell when unripe, but later becoming pleasantly aromatic.<br />
Pot herb grown in Chinese home food gardens at Location and at Topside workshops.<br />
Aromatic leaves used as a spice by Chinese and Indians. Dried, imported seeds an<br />
important spice in curries. 5, 6, 7.<br />
Adenium coetanum Stapf<br />
syn. A. obesum Balf.<br />
APOCYNACEAE (Dog-bane Family)<br />
"desert rose", " mock azalea"<br />
Recent introduction. E. Africa. Rare. A smooth succulent shrub, 40 to 150 cm<br />
high, with a thick trunk, short branches and milky sap which is said to be poiso<strong>no</strong>us;<br />
leaves, 2.5 to 10 cm long, dark green, shiny, ovate, arranged spirally in tufts at branch<br />
tips; flowers, about 5 cm long and 3.8 cm across, red-pink, short-stemmed, funnel-<br />
shaped, developing in clusters, 2 to 10 toge<strong>the</strong>r. Pot plant in home gardens. 3(58716), 5,<br />
6(176), 7.<br />
Allamanda hendersonii Bull "allamanda", "cup <strong>of</strong> gold"<br />
syn. A. cathartics L. var. hendersonii (Bull) Bailey & Raff.<br />
Recent introduction. Brazil. Rare. Robust woody vinelike climbing shrub, with<br />
milky poiso<strong>no</strong>us sap+ave% 8 to 1-54m longand--mostly 4 to-5 cm wide, brightgreen,<br />
shiny, opposite in pairs or in whorls <strong>of</strong> 3 or 4, elliptical to sub-obovate, but broadest<br />
above <strong>the</strong> middle, abruptly acuminate, entire, thick and somewhat lea<strong>the</strong>ry (coriaceous),<br />
midrib prominent; petiole very short; flowers, corolla tube 4 to 5 cm long, showy bright<br />
yellow, slightly fragrant, trumpet-shaped, 5-parted with broad, spreading rounded lobes,