Trochocarpa

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Trochocarpa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/trochocarpa/). Accessed 2023-03-21.

Family

Epacridaceae

Species in genus

Trochocarpa thymifolia

Glossary

corolla: The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
ovary: Lowest part of the carpel containing the ovules; later developing into the fruit.
alternate: Attached singly along the axis not in pairs or whorls.
axillary: Situated in an axil.
bract: Reduced leaf often subtending flower or inflorescence.
campanulate: Bell-shaped.
corolla: The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
endemic: (of a plant or an animal) Found in a native state only within a defined region or country.
sessile: Lacking a stem or stalk.
stigma: (in a flower) The part of the carpel that receives pollen and on which it germinates. May be at the tip of a short or long style or may be reduced to a stigmatic surface at the apex of the ovary.
style: Generally an elongated structure arising from the ovary bearing the stigma at its tip.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Trochocarpa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/trochocarpa/). Accessed 2023-03-21.

Trochocarpa thymifolia.

A genus of a few specie’s of evergreen trees and shrubs, ranging from N. Borneo to Australia, with four species endemic to Tasmania. Leaves leathery, short-stalked, mostly alternate. Flowers sessile in short terminal or axillary spikes, each subtended by a bract and two bracteoles. Corolla cylindric or campanulate, with spreading lobes which are usually shorter than the tube. Stamens five, inserted on the corolla-tube and alternating with the lobes. Ovary ten-chambered; style one, with a small stigma. Fruit fleshy, containing an apparently single stone, which eventually separates into ten one-seeded nutlets (pyrenes).

The best known species and the type of the genus is T. laurina R. Br., a small tree sometimes cultivated in the temperate house and hardy in the Scilly Islands.