Delima
(from delimo, to shave off; in reference to the leaves being used for polishing). SYN. Trachytella. ORD. Dilleniaceae. A handsome stove evergreen climbing shrub, with the habit of Tetracera. It thrives in a compost of peat and turfy loam, to which may be added a little silver sand and small pieces of charcoal. Cuttings of young shoots will root, if inserted in sand and placed in bottom heat, in April. Perfect drainage is essential. D. sarmentosa (twiggy). fl. white, in teminal panicles. l. obovate, ovate, or broadly lanceolate, rigid, very scabrid, parallelveined. Tropical Asia, 1820.