Squarestem
കമ്മൽചെടിতাম্রপত্র
Chrysothemis pulchella (Donn ex Sims) Decne.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- —
- wide
- —
Gesneriaceae
Formerly Besleria formosa, Besleria pulchella, Chrysothemis aurantiaca, Chrysothemis semiclausa, and 8 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Subshrub or shrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico (Chiapas) to Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orange, redRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: height, spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Chinese
- 金红岩桐, 金红花
- Bangla
- তাম্রপত্র
- Malayalam
- കമ്മൽചെടി, കമ്മൽച്ചെടി
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
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