Torenia crustacea (L.) Cham. & Schltdl.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Linderniaceae > Torenia

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.1-0.2m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.2
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Ache(Ear) (unspecified), Bilious (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Poultice (unspecified), Ringworm (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Bite(Tick) (unspecified), Itch (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Torenia crustacea flower picture by Chee Keong Chan (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Torenia crustacea world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Australia, Burundi, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Central African Republic, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Cook Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States of), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guadeloupe, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, India, Jamaica, Japan, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Saint Lucia, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Mexico, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands, Montserrat, Martinique, Mauritius, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Senegal, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, Suriname, Seychelles, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Samoa

Conservation status

Torenia crustacea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1189750-2
WFO ID wfo-0000458830
COL ID 57FHY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 453661
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Vandellia crustacea Linaria hexandra Torenia varians Torenia crustacea Vandellia racemosa Lindernia gracilis Lindernia racemosa Vandellia brownii Lindernia crustacea Mimulus javanicus Morgania aspera Antirrhinum hexandrum Antirrhinum hexandrum Buchnera capillaris Capraria crustacea Gratiola aspera Gratiola lucida Vandellia bodinieri Torenia scabra Vandellia varians Pyxidaria crustacea Morgania lucida Torenia flaccida Vandellia alba Tittmannia scabra Torenia ovata Torenia hexandra Torenia rubella Tittmannia ovata Vandellia gracilis Torenia lucida Lindernia crustacea var. verticillata Lindernia crustacea var. clarkei