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CLASSIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS
Plant Division
Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) (Dicotyledon)
Plant Growth Form
Herbaceous Plant
Lifespan (in Singapore)
Perennial
Mode of Nutrition
Autotrophic
Maximum Height
1.3 m
BIOGEOGRAPHY
Native Distribution
Zimbabwe
Native Habitat
Terrestrial
Preferred Climate Zone
Tropical
Local Conservation Status
Non-native (Horticultural / Cultivated Only)
DESCRIPTION AND ETHNOBOTANY
Growth Form
Low growing herbaceous plant growing up to 1.25 m tall.
Foliage
Light green, slightly hairy leaves are ovate to elliptic with entire leaf margin (8-23 cm long).
Flowers
Bright red or red-orange tubular flowers are composed of 5 elliptic lobes arranged in a star-shaped pattern. The base of the largest lobe has dark red markings in the shape of a triangle. Flowers are borne in a spike-like inflorescence at the stem tips, technically known as a terminal cymose cluster.
Fruits
Fruit is known as a capsule (3-3.8 cm long).
Habitat
Occurs in forests, thickets and rocky hills. Also found on termite mounds.
Similar
This species is similar to Ruspolia hypocrateriformis, except that it has rounded stems and slightly hairy leaves, while R. hypocrateriformis has angled stems and smooth leaves.
PLANT CARE AND PROPAGATION
Light Preference
Semi-Shade
Water Preference
Moderate Water
Propagation Method
Seed, Stem Cutting
FOLIAR
Foliar Shape(s)
Non-Palm Foliage
FLORAL (ANGIOSPERM)
Flower Plant Sexuality 1
Bisexual Flowers
Flower Colour(s)
Red
Flower Texture(s)
Smooth
Flower Grouping
Cluster / Inflorescence
Flower Location
Terminal
Flower Symmetry
Asymmetrical
Individual Flower Shape
Stellate / Star-shaped
Inflorescence Type
Cyme
Flowering Habit
Polycarpic
Flower Colour(s) Remarks
Orange-red
FRUIT, SEED AND SPORE
Fruit Classification
Simple Fruit
Fruit Type 1
Dehiscent Dry Fruit
Fruit Type 2
Capsule
