Flora of Rwanda: Cultivated plants
Hydrangea macrophylla
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| Synonyms: |
Hydrangea hortensis Sm. |
| Common names: | Christmas flower (English) Hydrangea (English) |
| Description: | Shrub up to 2 m. Leaves glabrous, elliptic to broadly ovate or obovate; base cuneate; apex acuminate; margin not lobed but coarsely toothed. Inflorescence of dense, flat or rounded, cymes. Flowers blue, white or pink. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | macrophylla: large-leaved |
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| Literature: |
Troupin, G. (1978). Hydrangeaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Pages 340 - 341. |
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