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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.
Group relationships: Genus Thespesia, Thespesia
Generic synonyms: Tulipwood Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thespesia Populnea
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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