세에만니아 실바티카-[정명] Seemannia sylvatica (Kunth) Baill.

CLASSIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS

Plant Growth Form

Herbaceous Plant

 

BIOGEOGRAPHY

Native DistributionNative HabitatPreferred Climate Zone

Brazil, Peru, Bolivia

Terrestrial

Tropical, Sub-Tropical / Monsoonal

 

DESCRIPTION AND ETHNOBOTANY

Growth FormFoliageFlowers

Rhizomatous herb to 40cm tall

Leaves ovate, 5-8cm long, thin - fleshy, dark green, with a layer of adpressed hairs, venation indistinct; mid rib raised, very pale green - white. Under surface of leaves very pale green, tinged with rose red - purplish red towards the petiole, veins raised. Petioles and upper most part of the stems pale green - rose/purplish red.

Flowers on long peduncles to 10-12cm long, borne in the axils of the uppermost leaves on the stem, salver form, corolla tube bright orange red - red, to 3cm long by 1.2-1.6cm wide, corolla lobes bright red.

Fruit

Capsules dehiscent, to 1cm long, drying dark brown, subtended with a persistent calyx lobes.

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