Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Pisonia Plum. ex L. [2614]

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# spp.: 25

pub_year: 1753

accepted: Accepted

Family: Nyctaginaceae

family_ja: オシロイバナ

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distribution_en: Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal and SW. Pacific, Tropical & Subtropical America

description_en: Genus of 50 species of evergreen trees, shrubs, and climbers from chiefly maritime habitats in tropical regions worldwide, but mainly in North and South America. Cultivated for their attractive leaves, which are simple and entire, and borne alternately, in opposite pairs, or in whorls of 3, they also produce small, funnel-shaped, petalless flowers: the males with tufts of stamens, the females with solitary ovaries that develop into nutlets (achenes). In areas where temperatures fall below 10-13°C (50-55°F), grow in a temperate or warm greenhouse, or as houseplants. In warmer climates, grow as specimen trees, as windbreaks, or as a hedge.

hardiness_en: Frost tender.

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propagation_en: Sow seed at 15-18°C (59-64°F) in spring. Take greenwood cuttings in early summer, or semi-ripe cuttings in mid- to late summer. Air layer in spring.

pests_en: Red spider mites and scale insects may infest greenhouse specimens.

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Update Information: Created: 2010-06-04 18:58; Updated: 2022-06-07 16:06 by hkokubun@mac.com

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