Cuphea aequipetala Cav.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Lythraceae > Cuphea

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 15-100 cm tall.
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.33 - 0.75
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Environment

Dry to wet soil, fields, thickets, or pine-oak forest, sometimes in hedges or on cultivated ground; at elevations from 1,500-2,500 metres. Roadsides, open places and grasslands; at elevations from 900-2,700 metres.
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It is a subtropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal oil
Edible -
Therapeutic use Bruise (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 13
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
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Images

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Distribution

Cuphea aequipetala world distribution map, present in Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275405-2
WFO ID wfo-0000629789
COL ID 32F2R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lythrum truxillense Cuphea aequipetala Cuphea ascendens Cuphea aspera Cuphea atrosanguinea Cuphea apanxaloa Cuphea ocymoides Cuphea scabrida Cuphea violacea Parsonsia aequipetala Parsonsia virgata Lythrum tuxtlense Cuphea floribunda Cuphea llavea Cuphea virgata Cuphea aequipetala var. epilosa Cuphea aequipetala var. hispida Cuphea aequipetala var. laevicaulis Cuphea floribunda var. grandiflora Cuphea procumbens var. fruticosa Cuphea bracteata