What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
Arboretum

December 2007
Page Two

Eucalyptus diversifolia Soap mallee Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Western and southern Australia

Currently unidentified

Cestrum fasciculatum Red cestrum, Early jessamine Solanaceae (Nightshade family) Mexico

Anthurium sp. Anthurium Araceae (Arum family) Tropical America

Pereskia aculeata Leafy cactus Cactaceae (Cactus family) Tropical America

Haemaria discolor Jewel orchid Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Indonesia and Myanmar (Burma)

Dendrobium farmeri No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Thailand, Laos and Cambodia

		The Melianthaceae or honeyflower fam- ily contains 5 genera and about 18 rath- er diverse species. Limited to Africa with the exception of the monotypic Chilean genera Francoa and Tetilla, the family consists of small trees and shrubs with alternate, pinnately compound leaves and flowers in terminal racemes. The genus Greyia has been considered in its own family, but now is in this one. The family name is derived from the Greek meli, "honey," and anthos, "flower," alluding to the nectar-rich blossoms. Some spec- ies have had medicinal uses such as treating snake bites and other wounds, the wood of other members has been used as timber and for carving utensils and ornaments, and burned as incense. The flowers are mostly radially symmet- ric, 4-5-merous with 4 or 5 free petals. The fruit is a papery or woody dehiscent capsule, either loculicidal or opening only at the tip.
Greyia sutherlandii Natal bottlebrush Melianthaceae (Honeyflower family) South Africa

Aloe vaombe Malagasy tree aloe Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) Southern Madagascar

Currently unidentified

Cattleya percivaliana No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Venezuela

Ehretia tinifolia Bastard cherry Boraginaceae (Borage family) Mexico and West Indies

Aloe elegans No common name recorded Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) Tropical Africa and Madagascar

Miltonidium 'Hawaiian Sunset' No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Malpighia sp. Malpighiaceae (Malpighia family) Central to South America, Caribbean

Aloe vanbalenii Van Balen's aloe Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) South Africa

Currently unidentified

Syzygium buxifolium Box-leaved syzygium Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Southern China and Taiwan

Ilex cornuta Chinese holly Aquifoliaceae (Holly family) Eastern China and Korea

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