Volkameria aculeata L.

Privy hedge (en), Thé bord de mer (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Volkameria

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite shrub. It grows 1-2m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Limestone rocks, sand dunes and gravelly wastes, mostly near the sea but also ascending to 250 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Antifungal agents (leaf)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Volkameria aculeata unspecified picture

Distribution

Volkameria aculeata world distribution map, present in Benin, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Mali, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Togo, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Volkameria aculeata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:866088-1
WFO ID wfo-0000333659
COL ID 5BP8F
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 637313
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ovieda aculeata Volkameria aculeata Volkameria angustifolia Volkameria linifolia Clerodendrum aculeatum Clerodendrum duckei Clerodendrum ternifolium Clerodendrum aculeatum f. lanceolatum Clerodendrum aculeatum f. mucronatum Clerodendrum aculeatum f. rotundatum Clerodendrum angustifolium Clerodendrum linifolia Clerodendrum aculeatum var. gracile Clerodendrum aculeatum var. grandifolium Clerodendrum aculeatum var. parvifolium Clerodendrum ternifolium var. serratifolium Clerodendrum ternifolium var. velutinosum Clerodendrum ternifolium var. mexiae Clerodendrum aculeatum f. acutifolium Clerodendrum aculeatum f. orientale Huxleya linifolia