Bontia daphnoides L.

White alling (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Bontia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen plant.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Antifungal agents (flower), Cold (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified), Nephritis (unspecified), Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Bontia daphnoides leaf picture by Mélanie Herteman (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Bontia daphnoides flower picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Bontia daphnoides fruit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Bontia daphnoides fruit picture by Mélanie Herteman (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Bontia daphnoides world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319112-2
WFO ID wfo-0000568829
COL ID MHNL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629182
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Bontia daphnoides Jacquinia ruscifolia Bontia daphnoides var. minor Bontia minor