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Dichorisandra hexandra (Aubl.) Standl.

Species

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Commelinaceae > Dichorisandra

Characteristics

Plants fairly stout, 1-3 m. tall; stems relatively slender, frequently weak and clambering, glabrous or minutely and ir-regularly puberulent. Leaves elliptic to obovate-elliptic, acuminate, obtuse at the base, 10-20 cm. long, subsessile, glabrous or indefinitely puberulent beneath; sheaths 1-3 cm. long, glabrous or pubescent, par-ticularly at the orifice. Panicles 3-15 cm. long, bearing rather few to many fairly showy blue, rarely white, flowers 2-3 cm. in diameter; petals tardily deliquescent.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 7 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Images

Leaf

Dichorisandra hexandra leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Dichorisandra hexandra world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:79497-2
WFO ID wfo-0000386838
COL ID 35MXP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 853670
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Synonyms

Dichorisandra affinis Dichorisandra hexandra Dichorisandra ovalifolia Dichorisandra scandens Dichorisandra schomburgkiana Dichorisandra siebertii Aneilema ecuadoriense Commelina hexandra Stickmannia hexandra Stickmannia inaequalis Dichorisandra gracilis Dichorisandra intermedia Dichorisandra mexicana Dichorisandra ovata Dichorisandra tenuior Stickmannia mexicana Stickmannia ovalifolia Stickmannia tenuior Tradescantia aubletii Tradescantia divaricata Convallaria diffusa Dichorisandra aubletiana Dichorisandra inaequalis Stickmannia gracilis Commelina hexandra var. caracasana Dichorisandra aubletiana var. affinis Dichorisandra aubletiana var. intermedia Dichorisandra aubletiana var. ovata Dichorisandra aubletiana var. persicariifolia Dichorisandra hexandra var. persicariifolia
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