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Mexican orange

Choisya ternata

Description:

The species grow to 1–3 m tall. The leaves are opposite, leathery, glossy, palmately compound with 3-13 leaflets, each leaflet 3–8 cm long and 0.5–3.5 cm broad. C. ternata has three broad leaflets. The flowers are star-shaped, 3–5 cm diameter, with 4-7 white petals, 8-15 stamens and a green stigma; they are produced throughout the late spring and summer. The fruit is a leathery two to six sectioned capsule.

Habitat:

Choisya species are popular ornamental plants in areas with mild winters, grown primarily for their abundant and fragrant flowers. The foliage is also aromatic, smelling of rue when bruised or cut.They are native to southern North America, from the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) and south through most of Mexico.

Notes:

Although in the national botanical garden of Belgium I add it to the Mexican mission because it is a mexican plant in origin.

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Meise, Vlaanderen, Belgium

Spotted on May 17, 2012
Submitted on May 30, 2012

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