Characteristics
A soft trailing annual plant. It grows 30-50 cm high. The leaves are 5-10 cm long and 0.4-0.8 cm wide. They are narrowly sword shaped. They are dark green and sheath the stem at the base. The flowers are in the leafy sheath. They are 1 cm across. The flowers are blue. They have 2 rounded flimsy petals.
| Life form |
annual
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
-
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
0.3 - 0.5
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
A tropical plant. It suits tropical and subtropical places. It grows in moist places often near swamps. It is very frost sensitive.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
|
| Soil texture |
-
|
| Soil acidity |
-
|
| Soil nutriment |
-
|
| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
|
Usage
The leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from stem cuttings which strike easily.
| Mode |
-
|
| Germination duration (days) |
30 - 37
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
21
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
|
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