What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
Arboretum

November 2007
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Eucalyptus doratoxylon Spearwood mallee Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Western Australia

Myoporum acuminatum Mangrove boobialla Myoporaceae (Myoporum family) Eastern Australia

Eucalyptus carnea Thick-leaved mahogany Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Western Australia

Ensete ventricosum Abyssinian banana, Red banana Musaceae (Banana family) Ethiopia (Last picture after windstorm Dec. 07)

Eucalytus orbifolia Round-leaved mallee Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Western Australia

Eucalyptus torelliana Cadaga Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia

Aloe tenuior iKhalana Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) South Africa

Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn redwood Cupressaceae (Cypress family) China

		The Rubiaceae, commonly called the coffee, bedstraw or madder family, is the fourth largest flowering plant family after the Orchidaceae, Asteraceae and Faba- ceae. It includes some 600 genera and about 10,000 species with a cosmopoli- tan distribution which is concentrated mainly in the tropics and subtropics. Despite its large size, the names of most genera in the family are not particularly recognizable but some of the more famil- iar ones would be Gardenia, Coffea (the source of coffee), Cinchona (the source of quinine), and Galium (bed- straw). Most family members are trees and shrubs. The leaves are simple and usually entire, mostly opposite with some whorled. The family takes its name from genus Rubia, an epithet derived from the Latin ruber or "red," for a reddish dye present in the roots. The corollas are typically sympetalous and 4-5-lobed, and the ovary nearly always inferior.
Chomelia obtusa No common name recorded Rubiaceae (Madder family) Brazil

Bidens pilosa Common beggar ticks Asteraceae (Sunflower family) South America, the Caribbean, Africa, and the Philippines

Ficus barraui No common name recorded Moraceae (Mulberry family) New Caledonia

Alectryon tomentosus Hairy alectryon, Woolly rambutan, Hairy bird's eye Sapindaceae (Soapberry family) Eastern Australia

Ilex cornuta 'Willow Leaf' Willow-leaved holly Aquifoliaceae (Holly family) Hort.

Coelogyne rochussenii Necklace orchid Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines

Cupressus lusitanica Mexican cypress Cupressaceae (Cypress family) Mexico to Central America

Paphiopedilum Radnage No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Ansellia africana Leopard orchid Orchidaceae (Orchid family) South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and tropical Africa

Rosa 'Intrigue' Rosaceae (Rose family) Hort.

Cupressus cashmeriana Kashmir cypress Cupressaceae (Cypress family) Kashmir

Citrus medica Fingered citron, Buddha's hand Rutaceae (Citrus family) Eastern Mediterranean to NE India

Gleditsia macrantha Honey locust Fabaceae (Pea family) China

Montanoa leucantha Zoapatle, Tree daisy Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Mexico

Quercus douglasii Blue oak Fagaceae (Oak family) Central and Southern California

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