Emilia lisowskiana C.Jeffrey

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Emilia

Characteristics

An annual herb. It is erect and grows 90 cm high. The leaves are alternate and simple. The lower leaves have stalks with wings. The blade is spoon shaped or narrowly oval. It is 3.5 cm long by 3 cm wide. The higher leaves are larger and broadly oval and 9 cm long by 6 cm wide. The flowers are at the top. There are 2-4 groups together in a head made up of 12-16 flowers. They are yellow or orange.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.83
Root system -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Dense, usually secondary forest, forest margins and plantations (e.g. banana, oil palm); at elevations up to 1,700 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests up to 1,700 m altitude.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food gene source medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 8 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Emilia lisowskiana world distribution map, present in Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:994797-1
WFO ID wfo-0000128668
COL ID 39GW7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Emilia lisowskiana