Greenheart Canopy Walkway

« Previous Day: Embothrium coccineum | Main | Next Day: Iochroma australe »
Nov 6, 2009: Cypripedium montanum
Nov 7, 2008: Ranunculus aquatilis
Nov 7, 2007: Quercus suber
Nov 7, 2006: Pediomelum esculentum
Nov 7, 2005: Verbascum eriophorum

June 8, 2005 : Sinocalycanthus chinensis

Interested in subscribing? Visit the main Botany Photo of the Day page and fill out the form in the upper right corner!

Keywords: Calycanthaceae | Sinocalycanthus chinensis (Cheng & Chang) Cheng & Chang | 19583-0437-1980

Sinocalycanthus chinensis

Quite a few gardens and nurseries cite this commonly as the Chinese sweetshrub, but I prefer the name used by Dr. Gerald Straley, Chinese wax shrub. The tepals of the flower are rather thick and, as you guessed from my preferred common name, waxy in texture.

You can see an end-on perspective of the fruit of Sinocalycanthus chinensis posted on the garden's discussion forums.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at June 8, 2005 2:08 AM

Read recent comments on all BPotD Entries

Comments

its very nice photo

Posted by: Naeem at June 12, 2005 9:18 AM

Please share your comments about the photograph(s) and accompanying write-up. Telling a story about the subject of the photograph(s) is also much appreciated! If you have a gardening question, the best place to ask is on the UBC Botanical Garden Forums. Thank you!

Post a comment




Remember Me?

(you may use HTML tags for style)

XML Feeds: Atom | RSS 2.0 | RSS 1.0 | What is RSS? | RSS Tools

Locations of visitors to this page

Creative Commons License
Botany Photo of the Day and all associated images are licensed under a Creative Commons License except when otherwise specified in the accompanying written entry.

About Botany Photo of the Day | Submit Your Photos via Flickr | Submit Your Photos via UBCBG's Discussion Forums

Botany Photo of the Day is a project of the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research, located in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada. UBC BGCPR is a department of the Faculty of Land and Food Systems within The University of British Columbia.