Glochidion zeylanicum seed
LATIN NAME: GLOCHIDION ZEYLANICUM
COMMON NAME: Ceylon Glochidion
In the forest edges and the secondary scrub of tropical Asia, the Ceylon glochidion grows as a small, evergreen tree with the alternate, two-ranked, oval leaves with the fine, parallel side veins and the small, greenish flowers in the leaf axils, the small, round, flattened, ribbed fruits following and ripening pinkish-brown in the autumn. The herb steadily grows into a rounded crown, with a mature height of 5-10 metres. Plant it in full sun with deep, fertile ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Ceylon glochidion holds a place in the studies of the small trees of the tropical scrub, its ribbed, flattened fruits keeping it in view in the work on the pollination of the glochidion flowers by the small moth partners and the secondary forest trees of the humid tropics. The research looks at the way the two-ranked leaves spread the light, the ribbed fruits split to shed the small seeds, and the seed biology of the short-lived seeds.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the tropical garden, the Ceylon glochidion makes the neat, leafy, small tree that fills the sheltered corner and feeds the birds with the small fruits through the season. The dense crown gives the shade for the understorey, and the tree makes the fine garden tree, the avenue tree and the pioneer tree of the recovering scrub. It is a tree for the warm, sheltered, moist and rich place.
To grow the Ceylon Glochidion from seed, sow the fresh seeds at once in pots of leafy, moist soil.
Sow the fresh seeds at once in pots of leafy, moist soil, and keep the young trees in the warm, shaded spot. The ribbed fruits ripen with the autumn.
LATIN NAME: Glochidion zeylanicum
COMMON NAME: Ceylon Cheesewood
The Ceylon cheesewood is a neat, evergreen shrub or small tree of the warm gardens, and its fine, oval leaves and its small, round, flattened, ribbed fruits have made it a plant of the warm garden and the hedge. Growth leads to a rosette of leaves, to fifty centimetres. It is a species of the flowering plant in the spurge family, and it is native to the warm regions of the southern Asia and the nearby islands, while it is grown as an ornamental and a hedge plant, and it is known as the Ceylon cheesewood.
The Ceylon cheesewood belongs to the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, and it is a species of the evergreen shrub or a small tree, native to the warm regions of the southern Asia, while it is grown as an ornamental and a hedge plant, and it is known as the Ceylon cheesewood. It is prized for its neat, oval foliage and its small, round, ribbed fruits.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Ceylon cheesewood has a real and growing place in the research. It has been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the warm forests and the thickets of the southern Asia, and researchers have examined its relationships, its distribution and its role in the forest, while its ecology and its value to the wildlife have drawn attention in the international botanical and conservation press as a shrub of the warm lands. The plant has also been studied in the horticulture, since it is a neat, evergreen, easily grown shrub of the warm garden, and researchers have examined its growth and its cultivation, while the growing of the cheesewood in the garden and the hedge has been of continuing interest, and its small, round, ribbed fruits have been valued by the gardeners. The species has also been studied in the ethnobotany and the chemistry of the natural products, since the parts of the cheesewood have been used in the traditional ways of the region, and researchers have examined the plant and its constituents, while the study of the traditional plants of the warm lands has been of continuing interest, and the plant is best appreciated as a subject of study and of the garden rather than a casual remedy. For a shrub of such quiet usefulness, the Ceylon cheesewood has a steady and continuing record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the Ceylon cheesewood is a generous plant of the garden. Its small, round, ribbed fruits feed the birds and the wildlife, and its neat, evergreen foliage gives a fine, dense cover and a shelter to the birds through the year.
Its economic value is real. The Ceylon cheesewood is prized for its neat, evergreen habit and its small, round, ribbed fruits, and its value has drawn attention in the international botanical and horticultural press as a shrub of the warm lands, while its fine, close-grained wood has also been valued in the making of the small articles of the region. For a grower, the Ceylon cheesewood is an easy and rewarding shrub, and for a gardener it brings a neat, evergreen, round-fruited shrub to the warm garden. The seeds are easy to start — sow them fresh in a pot of moist, free-draining compost, keep them gently watered in a warm, sheltered spot, and theyll be sprouting steadily, growing on into a neat, evergreen, round-fruited shrub.