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Thymelaeaceae

Dais cotinifolia L.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Posybush, Torch Tree
  • Family: Thymelaeaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Madagascar
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Native to Africa, this bushy, rounded shrub or small tree grows to about 10 ft (3 m). It has reddish bark and oval, blue-green leaves up to 3 in (7 cm) in length. In late spring it bears fragrant flower clusters of tubular pink blooms. It is evergreen in warm areas and deciduous in cool climates.

    Bark yields a strong fiber used by natives of Natal as thread.

  • USDA Zone: 11
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199300375
  • Source: Chiltern
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1993
  • Bench: 3310 - Ground Bed
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 05-05-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Malvales
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  • Family: Thymelaeaceae
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References:

Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version

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