Characteristics
A herb that keep growing from year to year. It grows 60 cm high and 50 cm wide. The stems are green, slender and erect. They are fleshy and have few branches. The leaves are pale green and fleshy. They are round and 8 cm across. The edges are scalloped. The flowers are pink and 3 cm wide.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
-
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
monoecy
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
0.6 - 0.68
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a subtropical plant. It is best in humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil. It needs a shaded position. It is damaged by drought and frost.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
|
| Hardiness (USDA) |
|
Usage
Cultivation
It can be grown by leaf cuttings, by seed or by tubers.
| Mode |
-
|
| Germination duration (days) |
15 - 60
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
21 - 26
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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