The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Andira

(its Brazilian name). ORD. Leguminosae. Large ornamental stove evergreen trees, nearly allied to Geoffroya (which see for cultivation). Flowers in axillary or terminal panicles. Pod drupaceous. Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate.

A. inermis (unarmed). fl. purple, on short pedicels; panicles terminal. l. impari-pinnate; leaflets thirteen to fifteen, ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous on both surfaces. h. 20ft. to 30ft. Jamaica, 1773. Known as the Cabbage Tree.

A. racemosa (branchy). fl. purple, in panicled racemes. l. impari-pinnate; leaflets thirteen, ovate-oblong, acuminated, glabrous on both surfaces. h. 20ft. to 60ft. Brazil, 1818.

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