Marmalade-bush
Streptosolen jamesonii (Benth.) Miers
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 1.8 m
- wide
- —
Solanaceae
Also called Orange browallia, Marmalade bush
Formerly Browallia jamesonii, Streptosolen benthamii
When it flowers
Flowers July to February in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Ecuador to PeruKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 1.5 m to 2.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orange, redRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 7 °C (USDA zone 11b)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Australian Umbrella TreeFlowers March to June, when this does not
Banana passionfruitFlowers March to June, when this does not
Bengal clock vineFlowers March to June, when this does not
Bitter MelonFlowers March to June, when this does not
Bleeding heart vineFlowers March to June, when this does not
Blue Trumpet VineFlowers March to June, when this does not
In other languages (9)
- Spanish
- Llamarada, Atardecer, Mermelada
- Czech
- streptosolen Jamesonův
- Russian
- Стрептосолен Джеймсона
- Chinese (China)
- 扭管花
- Danish
- marmeladebusk
- Finnish
- marmeladipensas
- Dutch
- Marmeladestruik
- Swedish
- Gulltratt
- Chinese
- 扭管花
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, 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
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Streptosolen jamesonii (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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