Phyllarthron bernierianum

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Family: Bignoniaceae

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Country of Origin: S. Madagascar

Description: This species, from the dry southwestern forests of Madagascar, has a flattened, photosynthetic rachis (or phyllode), having lost the leaflets from its otherwise compound leaf as an adaptation to the dry environment.

Uses:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Dylan Hannon HBG 77294

Provenance:

COLL: Madagascar; Ranobe, North of Toliara. 

Additional Info from HBG:
1994: Seed from Hermann Petignat, Arboretum d' Antsokay, Toliary, Madagascar
2011: cutting from plant in 22-5E added to conservatory.
2013: Plant in Subtr.(5E) reported dead 3/13. Cuttings taken 7/13 from Cons. plant. 
2015: Further locality data received from A. Petignat.

      
  
      
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Division: Magnoliophyta
        
Class: Magnoliopsida
        
SubClass: euasterid I
        
Order: Lamiales
        
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Family: Bignoniaceae
        
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Tribe: Coleeae
        
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References:
      

Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. Last accessed Thursday, September 20, 2018.
The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, September 23, 2018.
 

  
      
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