STROPHANTHUS GRATUS 
(or Roupellia grata) 
Strophanthus — twined tlower ; grata* — pleasant. 
English name: Cream fruit. 
Family : Apocynaceae. 
Country oj origin: Tropical Africa. 
Colour: white suffused crimson. 
Carden use: a free-flowering bush or half 
climbing shrub with large 
scented flowers which are use- 
ful for cutting. 
Propagation : by cuttings or margots. 
A, a flower from above. 
B, a flower cut open lengthwise, showing the 
appendages in the mouth of the corolla tube 
and the stamens clustered in a cone round the 
style with their appendages above. 
C, four of the five sepals and the lobed ovary, all 
the rest of the flower having been removed, 
D, a cross section of the ovary. 
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