| Amborella trichopoda |
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| LHBC 415 |
| Family: Amborellaceae |
| Native to: New Caledonia |
| Considered to be the first, ancient branch of Flowering Plant evolution, Amborella has attracted much attention in the last few years. Plants are unisexual, each plant producing either tiny male flowers only or tiny female flowers only (dioecious). The flowers are somewhat irregular, with more or less spiral arrangement of parts and no differentiation of sepals and petals. |
| Horticultural notes: Zone 10. Tropical plant that cannot tolerate any frost. Can be propagated by cuttings. |