Toxicodendron
(from toxicon, poison, and dendron, a tree; alluding to the poisonous nature of the fruits). SYN. Hyaenachne. ORD. Euphorbiaceae. A small genus (two species) of small, rigid, much-branched, green-house trees, endemic in South Africa. Flowers dioecious, apetalous, axillary, the males densely cymulose and shortly pedunculate, or loosely racemose, the females solitary, shortly pedicellate. Capsule sub-globose, thick, hard. Leaves opposite or often whorled, entire, rigidly coriaceous. T. capense, the only species introduced, succeeds in well-drained, sandy loam. When at rest, water should be sparingly given. Propagation may be effected by cuttings, inserted in sandy soil, under a bell glass.
T. capense (Cape of Good Hope). fl., male panicle about one-third the length of the leaves, slightly puberulous, cluster-flowered; bracts thick, ovate lanceolate. June. l. sub-lanceo-late, linear, narrowly oblong, or elliptic, cuneate-narrowed at base, rounded and obtuse at apex, paler beneath, glabrous. Flowering branches terete. h. 5ft. to 6ft. 1783. SYN. Hyaenachne globosa.