Meliosma angustifolia

Cultivation Details

The plant is found in the wild on sandy as well as on clayish and loamy soils, usually in dry, but also in moist places, such as along streams^[1]. The pollen ripens and the anther-cells burst while the flower is still in bud, but the pollen is still unable to escape from the anther-cells as these are locked in the cavities of the staminodes. When the bud is fully mature, it explodes at the slightest touch, the stamens snapping backwards and flinging a puff of pollen into the air. When the flower is open, petals and stamens, having done their duty, very soon drop off; hence in a Meliosma panicle almost only buds and passed flowers are found, but very few intact open flowers^[1].