Callisia fragrans (Lindl.) Woodson

Basketplant (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Commelinaceae > Callisia

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, robust, stoloniferous. Stems ascending, to 1 m. Leaves spirally arranged; blade oblong to lanceolate-oblong, 15--30 ´ 2.5--  (distal leaf blades much narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), apex acuminate, glabrous. Inflorescences terminal, panicles to 30 cm or longer. Flowers fragrant, subsessile; petals white, lanceolate, 6 mm; stamens 6, long-exserted, connectives white, broad, flaglike; filaments glabrous; ovary 3-locular, stigma penicillate. Capsules 3-locular.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
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OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
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Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Callisia fragrans habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Callisia fragrans leaf picture by Tina Christina (cc-by-sa)
Callisia fragrans leaf picture by Ramírez Ortiz Leandro (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Callisia fragrans flower picture by Froylán Jardines (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Callisia fragrans world distribution map, present in Brazil, Dominica, Jamaica, Morocco, Norfolk Island, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Province of China, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:42441-2
WFO ID wfo-0000343262
COL ID PT9L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629237
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rectanthera fragrans Spironema orthandrum Spironema fragrans Callisia fragrans