What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
Arboretum

July 2007
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Leptosermum lanigerum Tea gum Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Southeast Australia

Leptospermum petersonii Lemon-scented tea tree Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia

Tipuana tipu Tipu tree Fabaceae (Pea family) Bolivia, Argentina

Syncarpia hillii Turpentine tree Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia

Zisyphus jujuba Common jujube, Chinese date Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn family) China

Coccoloba tiliacea Mandor Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family) Tropical South America

		The Araliaceae is commonly called the ginseng or aralia family, and includes between 50 and 70 genera and from 700 to 1450 species, depending on which source is consulted. Although primarily a tropical family, its members are distribu- ted throughout much of the temperate world as well. Composed mainly of trees and shrubs, usually evergreen, its species are characterized typically by alternate, often large, pinnately- or palmately- compound leaves and smallish, radially symmetrical flowers in umbels, racemes, heads or spikes. The fruits are berries or drupes. The family is closely related to the Apiaceae (carrot family) and has been placed with them into order Apiales along with the pittosporums and half a dozen other families. The most important economic product of the family is ginseng but others are Chinese rice paper and various medicinal extracts. The ivies are also members of this family.
Oreopanax sp. Araliaceae (Aralia family) Mexico

Cratoxylum polyanthum No common name recorded Clusiaceae (Garcinia family) China, Southeast Asia, Borneo

Euphorbia leucodendron Yellow-wood bush spurge Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family) Southwestern Madagascar

Zanthoxylum piperitum Japan pepper Rutaceae (Citrus family) Japan

Juanulloa aurantiaca Gold finger Solanaceae (Nightshade family) Central and South America

Anthurium bakeri Anthurium Aracaeae (Arum family) Guatemala to Columbia

Pseuderanthemum alatum Chocolate plant Acanthaceae (Acanthus family) Mexico and Central America

Eucalyptus grossa Coarse-leaved mallee Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Western Australia

Eucalyptus stricklandii Strickland's gum Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Western Australia

Diospyros lycioides Bluebush, Star-apple, Monkey plum Ebenaceae (Ebony family) South Africa

Aster sp. Asteraceae (Sunflower family)

Firmiana simplex Chinese parasol tree Sterculiaceae (Cacao family) China and Eastern Asia

Centaurea gymnocarpa Pink dusty miller Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Capri

Radermachera sinica China doll, Asian bell Bignoniaceae (Trumpet-vine family) Southeast Asia

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