Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Eriostemon Sm. [419]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Waxflower

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Rutaceae

family_ja: ミカン

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distribution_en:

description_en: Genus of 33 species of evergreen shrubs or small trees from open, rocky slopes, scrub, and open forest in Australia. They are grown mainly for their star-shaped, usually 5-petalled, waxy, white, pink to red, blue, or mauve flowers, which are solitary or borne in terminal or axillary racemes or cymes. The leaves are alternate, flat to cylindrical, linear to rounded, often warty, and strongly aromatic. In frost-prone areas, grow in a cool greenhouse; elsewhere, plant in a shrub border or against a house wall.

hardiness_en: Half hardy to frost tender; E. australasius and E. myoporoides may survive short periods of light frost, if growth is well ripened in summer.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow pre-soaked seed at 10-13°C (50-55°F) in spring. Root semi-ripe cuttings in summer with bottom heat. Germination is often erratic and rooting of cuttings slow.

pests_en: Scale insects may be a problem.

description_ja:

comment: Australia

comment_ja: エリオステモン

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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