Pseuderanthemum carruthersii (Seem.) Guillaumin

Carruthers' falseface (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Pseuderanthemum

Characteristics

An evergreen shrub. It grows 1-3 m tall. The leaves are opposite. The leaves are 5-15 cm long and 4-10 cm wide. They are narrowly oval and mottled yellow-green. The flowers are star like and pink or white. The fruit is a small club shaped capsule. It has 4 flat seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.9
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It is best in full sun. It needs a fertile well-drained soil. It grows in lowland areas and up to 250 m above sea level. In XTBG Yunnan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds. It can be used as a hedge.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Pseuderanthemum carruthersii leaf picture by Jhansi Vanela (cc-by-sa)
Pseuderanthemum carruthersii leaf picture by Abraham Martinus (cc-by-sa)
Pseuderanthemum carruthersii leaf picture by Azizah Nurhayati (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Pseuderanthemum carruthersii flower picture by doddy santoso (cc-by-sa)
Pseuderanthemum carruthersii flower picture by Onny Farizyandi (cc-by-sa)
Pseuderanthemum carruthersii flower picture by Widya Rahmawati (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Pseuderanthemum carruthersii world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Brazil, Barbados, Cameroon, Cook Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States of), Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guam, Honduras, Jamaica, Kiribati, Saint Lucia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Mexico, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands, Mozambique, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Niue, Panama, Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Province of China, United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Vanuatu, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:53211-1
WFO ID wfo-0000393505
COL ID 4NMMW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 446874
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pseuderanthemum versicolor Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum Pseuderanthemum kewense Pseuderanthemum jaluitense Pseuderanthemum reticulatum Siphoneranthemum versicolor Siphoneranthemum reticulatum Siphoneranthemum moorei Siphoneranthemum eldorado Siphoneranthemum atropurpureum Eranthemum nigrescens Eranthemum nigrum Eranthemum versicolor Eranthemum atropurpureum Eranthemum carruthersii Eranthemum moorei Eranthemum reticulatum Eranthemum tricolor Eranthemum tricolor Eranthemum whartonianum Pseuderanthemum moorei Pseuderanthemum tricolor Pseuderanthemum eldorado Eranthemum reticulatum Eranthemum atropurpureum Eranthemum aureoreticulatum Eranthemum aureoreticulatum Eranthemum tricolor Pseuderanthemum carruthersii var. atropurpureum Siphoneranthemum tricolor Pseuderanthemum carruthersii var. reticulatum Pseuderanthemum carruthersii