Greek schizo — cut or split, phragma — fence, referring to the fruits which split between the ribs.
Deciduous climber attached by aerial roots. Leaves opposite, entire or toothed; stalks long. Flower clusters terminal, loose and more or less flat-topped. Sterile flowers large at the edge of the cluster, consisting of a single white, petal-like sepal on a long stalk. Fertile flowers to the centre of the cluster, with 4-5 sepals and petals and 10 stamens, almost stalkless.ovary inferior, united with the calyx tube,10- chambered. Style 1, stigma 4-5-lobed. Fruit a 10-ribbed capsule splitting between the ribs.
Grown in cooler districts as attractive, white-flowered climbers.
2 species from E Asia.
Seed, softwood cuttings, layers.
Climbing Hydrangea-like plants with sterile flowers having 1 petal-like sepal.
Source: (2002). Hydrangeaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.