Polygala costaricensis Chodat

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Polygala

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.3m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Grassy places and thickets in Costa Rica. Moist or wet thickets or forest, often in pine-oak forest, or in rather dry, exposed, rocky places, sometimes a weed in coffee plantations, at elevations of 150-2,100 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Emetic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691300-1
WFO ID wfo-0000484299
COL ID 4L7DW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala costaricensis