Crossandra nilotica Oliv.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Crossandra

Characteristics

A hermaphrodite evergreen shrub. It grows 0.3-0.6m high.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use fuel medicinal poison
Edible -
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°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Crossandra nilotica unspecified picture

Distribution

Crossandra nilotica world distribution map, present in Angola, Australia, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47024-1
WFO ID wfo-0000626365
COL ID ZLLC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crossandra nilotica Crossandra smithii Crossandra nilotica var. acuminata