Crossandra mucronata Lindau

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Crossandra

Characteristics

Perennial herb, up to 300 mm tall. Branches elongate with many nodes and branchlets, sparingly hairy. Bracts entire, thinly hairy towards margin, apex with short, recurved spine. Flowers red, orange or apricot.
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Bracts narrow, elliptic-obovate, margins entire, ciliate; seed scales narrow with denticulate margins.
A herb or small shrub. It grows 30 cm tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
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 1-3
Soil texture 3-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The unripe fruit are eaten.
Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Crossandra mucronata world distribution map, present in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47023-1
WFO ID wfo-0000626362
COL ID 6BHWH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crossandra mucronata