 菲律宾石梓
Scientific name: gmelina philippensis
Distribution: origin to India, the Philippines, Thailand
Category: Verbenaceae
Type: Evergreen shrub or vine, old branches likely to show a dark side convex; leaves simple, opposite, Ye Duanrui, obtuse or sudden sharp, leaf base cuneate, entire or 3 lobed leaf end, leaf sides are smooth, thinly coriaceous, pinnately 3 to 4 pairs of lateral veins, leaf green, dorsal light green, vein hair, no stipules, petiole 1 to 3 cm long, purple-brown, 3 to 9 cm leaf length, leaf width of 1.8 ~ 4.5 cm.
Raceme top students, drape, corolla 2 lipped, bilaterally symmetrical, brown purple leafy bracts; flowers 5.5 cm long, the external coat, especially on large upper and lower thin narrow tube, the highest end 4 crack, there is a relatively large, the other three smaller shaped, leaflike bracts at the top of the flower was born, wide egg, egg or obovate, blunt end bud, veins obvious, long 4 cm wide and 3 cm; green calyx cup , apex _truncate_ or marginal teeth with 4 to 5 shallow, often outside the 2 to 4 capsules with large glands.
Uses: Green Gallery, corner of shade or dependent growth.
Sunlight: full sun or half sun can be.
Management: Every spring pruning pruning, to make a beautiful plant type, to avoid clutter, so it is necessary to keep branches traction.
Likes the high temperature, optimum temperature 22 to 30 degrees birth c, intolerance frost.
Propagation: seed or cutting propagation method for the spring ~ summer timing. |
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