Hypoestes cancellata Nees

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Hypoestes

Characteristics

Herb 1-3 ft. high, with slightly pubescent sulcate stems
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Flowers 2/3 in. long, bright red, red-or blue-purple.
An annual herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.31 - 0.91
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in savannah, woodland and palm groves.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Hypoestes cancellata world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Chad, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:49850-1
WFO ID wfo-0000728565
COL ID 3NVP2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Justicia cancellata Hypoestes callicoma Hypoestes cancellata