Toddalia asiatica seed

LATIN NAME: Toddalia asiatica

COMMON NAME: Orange Climber

The orange climber holds its three-part leaves and the small, greenish-white, fragrant flowers, the stems carrying the fine, hooked prickles, and the whole climber scales the trees and the walls with the dense, spiny growth. The vigorous, woody, evergreen climber carries the three-part leaves with the three small, oblong, glossy leaflets and the small, greenish-white, four-petalled, fragrant flowers in the small, axillary clusters through the warm season, one of the fine, bold sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, round, orange-yellow, strongly scented fruits. The aromatic peel has a very long record in the old practice of the warm lands, and the climber is a fine, historic presence of the warm garden. It is a climber of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The orange climber is a historic subject of the plant science, and the spiny stems keep showing up in the work on the woody climbers. The way the small, greenish-white, four-petalled, fragrant flowers form in the small, axillary clusters has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the woody climbers, the hooked prickles and the members of the rue family. The glossy leaflets and the climbing habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the orange climber is a regular subject of the work on the spiny stems of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The orange climber is a fine, bold climber of the warm garden and the study collection. The three-part leaves with the three small, oblong, glossy leaflets scale the trees and the walls with the dense, spiny growth, one of the fine, bold sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, and the aromatic peel has a very long record in the old practice of the warm lands, the fragrant peel coming to the old tonics and the fine, aromatic preparations of the old shops, while the small, greenish-white, four-petalled, fragrant flowers open through the warm season, to be followed by the small, round, orange-yellow, strongly scented fruits. It is one of the fine choices for the warm garden, the wall and the study collection, and it has been written about in the botanical and the scientific papers for the spiny stems and the very long history. It is a fine, bold climber of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

Give the young climbers the warmth and the deep, rich, moist bed, and the spiny growth will scale the wall over the years.

To grow the orange climber from seed, press the small, black seeds lightly into the surface of the deep tray of rich, gritty soil, leave them uncovered, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out against the wall. The seedlings appear within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground, the spiny stems will climb over the years.

Uses: edible, medicinal, ornamental, bonsai

Toddalia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the citrus family containing the single species Toddalia asiatica, which is known by the English common name orange climber.