Berrya

Berrya is a genus of evergreen trees with fibrous bark from Southeast Asia and the Pacific Region. The plants are valuable for their timber. The flowers are showy, with large tight clusters of green flowers.

Berrya
Berrya cordifolia - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Brownlowioideae
Genus: Berrya
Roxb.
Species

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Cultivation

Trees from Berrya are propagated from seed and grown in warm temperate or tropical climates.

Species

Berrya ammonilla
Berrya cordifolia
Berrya javanica
Berrya mollis
Berrya pacifica
Berrya quinquelocularis

References

  • Ellison, Don (1999) Cultivated Plants of the World. London: New Holland (1st ed.: Brisbane: Flora Publications International, 1995)
  • Botanica Sistematica


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