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Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Ravenia spectabilis - (Lindl.) Engl.
Family
Rutaceae
Common Name
Pink Limonia, Pink Ravenia
Habit
Shrub
Synonym
Limonia spectabili Lindl
Habitat
Planted
Color Of Flower
Pink
Key Characters
Leaves, deep green, lustrous, pinnately compound, trifoliate, with dotted glands.
Systematic Position
Division :
Dicotyledonae
 
Class :
Polypetalae
 
Series :
Disciflorae
 
Order :
Geraniales
Plant Description

Perennial, beautiful shrub with shining leaves, deep green, lustrous, pinnately compound, trifoliate, with dotted glands; leaflets oblong to obovate, large about 8cm long, glabrous; flowers zygomorphic, bisexual, artistic in shape and appearance, born singly or in clusters of 3 to 5; sepals 2, foliaceous, spoon shaped, pale green; petals 5, bright pink, asymmetrical, connate at the base, forming a short corolla tube; stamens many, inserted round a large disk; filaments variously connate, compressed at the base; ovary multilocular; ovules 4-8, biseriate; fruit berry, many seeded.

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