Crossandra infundibuliformis
ಕನಕಾಂಬರअबोलीகனகாம்பரம்
Crossandra infundibuliformis (L.) Nees
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Acanthaceae
Formerly Justicia infundibuliformis, Ruellia infundibuliformis
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
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Ethiopia to EC. Trop. Africa, India, Sri Lanka, BangladeshKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orange, red, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Chinese
- 十字爵床, 橙色鸟尾花, 鳥尾花
- Hindi
- अबोली
- Tamil
- கனகாம்பரம்
- Telugu
- కనకాంబరాలు
- Kannada
- ಕನಕಾಂಬರ
- Marathi
- अबोली
- Malayalam
- കനകാംബരം
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Crossandra infundibuliformis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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