Pentapetes phoenicea L.

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Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Pentapetes

Characteristics

Annual herbs, 0.5-1 m tall, sparsely stellate hairy. Petiole 1-2.5 cm; leaf blade linear-lanceolate, 5-10 × 1-2 cm, base broadly cuneate, rounded or truncate, margin crenate, apex acuminate. Flowers opening at noon, closing at dawn. Calyx lobes lanceolate, ca. 1 cm, abaxially stellate velutinous and hispid. Petals red, broadly ovate, ca. 12 mm. Staminodes tongue-shaped, 12-13 × ca. 1 mm. Ovary ovoid, villous; ovules 8-12 per cell; style filiform, glabrous, ca. 1 cm. Capsule nearly globose, ca. 1.2 cm in diam., densely stellate hairy and hispid, shorter than persistent calyx. Fl. summer-autumn.
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A herb or small shrub. It grows 0.3-1.2 m high. The flowers are 3-4 cm wide. The flower petals are red. The fruit is a 5-valved hairy capsule. The seeds are black with white processes.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 1.35
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in wet places.
Light -
Soil humidity 7-9
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

It is used to make a herbal tea.
Uses environmental use fiber food medicinal tea
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Bronchitis (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Emollient (unspecified), Tumor(Abdomen) (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Labor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Pentapetes phoenicea leaf picture by SHRABANI MONDAL (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Pentapetes phoenicea flower picture by Pierre V (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Pentapetes phoenicea world distribution map, present in Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, China, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Haiti, India, Japan, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:824676-1
WFO ID wfo-0000476060
COL ID 76MRS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pentapetes angustifolia Pentapetes cebuana Pentapetes coccinea Brotera phoenicea Dombeya phoenicea Eriorhaphe punicea Blattaria phoenicea Cavanilla phoenicea Eriorhaphe phoenicea Pentapetes phoenicea