Cleome speciosa Kunth

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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PLANTS of CEYLON
Cleome speciosa (Capparidaceae)
Locality Kandy District, at Royal Palace Park,
Kandy,
Occurrence cultivated as ornamental plant
Date	Sept. 16, 1978	Alt.
Coll.	N.Wirawan	No.
1220
Remarks Perennial herb, 15^'m. tall, stem
2 cm. diam,j petals white to greenishI
white in bud, turn pink after flower]
is fully opened and faded into
pinkish white after anthesis;
petals and filaments persistent,
fruit
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