WorldFloraDB - Cuphea micropetala

Characteristics

Erect woody perennial 0.5–1.5 m. tall.. Stems usually bright reddish purple, puberulous to densely glandular pubescent or villous, somewhat viscid.. Leaves narrowly elliptic to narrowly lanceolate, 0.5–12(–16) cm. long, 0.8–3 cm. wide, acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, glabrous to shortly pubescent.. Pedicels axillary, extra-axillary or interpetiolar, 0.3–1.1 cm. long, bracteolate.. Calyx yellow-green, vermilion at base, later vermilion all over, ± 3 cm. long, 7 mm. wide, with distinct basal swelling, puberulous to densely glandular-pubescent, villous or hispid; lobes very short, alternating with setose sinus-horns.. Petals white or yellowish, vestigial.. Stamens long-exserted.. Disc excentric.. Ovary saccate near apex. Style exserted 1–1.5 cm.. Capsule many-seeded.

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A shrub. It grows 1.3 m tall and wide.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.78 - 1.15

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It suits USDA hardiness zones 8-11.

More

Not known

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use medicinal oil
Edible	seeds
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	8 - 10
Germination temperacture (C°)	21
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	1
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-