Crossandra massaica Mildbr.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Crossandra

Characteristics

A straggling shrub with bright salmon-pink flowers; undershrub on rocky hills (Morton).
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food medicinal poison
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Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 26
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Images

Leaf

Crossandra massaica leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Crossandra massaica leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Crossandra massaica leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Crossandra massaica flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Crossandra massaica flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Crossandra massaica flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Crossandra massaica fruit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Crossandra massaica world distribution map, present in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47022-1
WFO ID wfo-0000626361
COL ID ZLL9
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Synonyms

Crossandra nilotica subsp. massaica Crossandra puberula var. smithii Crossandra massaica