Definition of Thespesia populnea

1. Noun. Pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds.

Exact synonyms: Bendy Tree, Portia Tree, Seaside Mahoe
Group relationships: Genus Thespesia, Thespesia
Generic synonyms: Tulipwood Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thespesia Populnea

Thermageddon
Thermidor
Thermidorian
Thermidorians
Thermobia
Thermobia domestica
Thermopsis
Thermopsis macrophylla
Thermopsis villosa
Thermopylae
Thermus aquaticus Rt41A proteinase
Thermus aquaticus carboxypeptidase
Thermus filiformis nuclease
Theseus
Thespesia
Thespesia populnea (current term)
Thespian
Thespians
Thespis
Thesprotia
Thesprotian
Thesprotians
Thess.
Thessalia
Thessalian
Thessalians
Thessalonian
Thessalonians
Thessalonica
Thessalonican

Literary usage of Thespesia populnea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Polynesian researches by William Ellis (1831)
"... ringtonia— Thespesia populnea— Erythrina— Hibiscus —The auti, or cloth plant—Description, uses, and legends of the sacred aoa—Account of the bread-fruit ..."

2. Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical by Victoria Institute (Great Britain) (1890)
"After the capsules of Thespesia populnea had been about a week in ... Unlike those of Thespesia populnea, the capsules of Hibiscus tiliaceus dehisce on the ..."

3. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"Thespesia populnea (L.) Corr. in Ann. Mus. Par. IX. (1807) 290, t. 8. fig. 2;— DC,1. Prodr. I. (1824) 457; —H. et A. Bot. Beech. (1832) 60;—Endl. Fl. Suds ..."

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