Decaisnea, known commonly as dead man`s fingers, is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lardizabalaceae. It is native to eastern Asia, from China west to Nepal and south to Myanmar. The genus comprises one or two species, depending on taxonomic opinion. Decaisnea insignis (Griffith) Hook.f. & Thomson was described from Nepal, and is sometime....
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(from the article `Ranunculales`) ...plant (monoecious). It grows in eastern Asia. One of the two species of Akebia, also a native of eastern Asia, A. quinata, is grown as a porch ...
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This group consists of two deciduous shrubs from western China and the Himalayas. D. fargesii grows up to 10 feet high with large, pinnate leaves 2 to 3 feet long. They have a bluish tinge when young. In late spring, clusters up to 18 inches long of uninteresting yellowish-green flowers are produced. These are followed by decorative, sausage-shaped...
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Decaisnea is a genus of plants of the family Lardizabalaceae found on the Himalayas. It has erect stalks which look like walking sticks and leaves 60 centimetres long. The fruit resembles a cucumber and has a sweet, yellow edible pulp.
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