What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
Arboretum

November 2007
Page Three

Salvia brandegeei Brandegee's sage Lamiaceae (Mint family) Northern Channel Islands and Mexico

Pyracantha rogersiana 'Aurantiaca' Firethorn Rosaceae (Rose family) Hort.

Sophrolaeliocattleya Jewel Box 'Spellbound' No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Glycosmis parviflora Flower axistree, Chinese glycosmis Rutaceae (Citrus family) South China, Thailand, Indochina

Cordyline fruticosa (syn. Cordyline terminalis) Ti plant Laxmanniaceae (Laxmannia family) Tropical Asia

		The Moraceae or mulberry family takes its name from genus Morus, an epithet derived from the Latin morum for a mul- berry. It is a family with about 40 genera and 1000 species mainly concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions. The best known of its members is Ficus, the genus commonly referred to as figs or banyans. Breadfruit is another familiar member. Most are trees and shrubs, and nearly all have milky sap. The leaves are simple and mostly alternate. The flowers are minute and usually densely aggregat- ed. In Ficus, the receptacle is spherical with a single opening at the distal end, and the interior of what appears to be a fruit contains hundreds of tiny unisexual flowers. Well-known species of Ficus include carica (the edible fig), benghal- ensis (bengal fig), elastica (rubber tree), microcarpa (the Indian laurel), pumila (creeping fig) and several species known collectively as strangler figs.
Ficus drupacea Mysore fig Moraceae (Mulberry family) Tropical Asia

Erythrina humeana Dwarf coral tree, Kleinkoraalboom Fabaceae (Pea family) Africa

Eucalyptus corrugata Rough-fruited mallee Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Western Australia

Casuarina cristata Belah Casuarinaceae (Casuarina family) Australia

Acnistus arborescens Guititi Solanaceae (Nightshade family) Tropical America

Aloe labworana No common name recorded Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) Kenya, Sudan, Uganda

Baeckea virgata Tall baeckea Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Australia

Euphorbia trigona African milk tree Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family) Tropical West Africa

X Belleara (Odontoglossum X Cochlioda X Miltonia X Brassia) No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Malacothamnus fasciculatus Bush mallow Malvaceae (Mallow family) California and Mexico

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