Hamelia patens Jacq.
Family: Rubiaceae
Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Hamelia > H. patens
Common name [English]: Scarlet Bush, Hummingbird Bush, Fire bush
Vernacular name [Malayalam]: വിടരാപ്പൂവ്
Nativity: Tropical & Subtropical America
Habitat: Plains to High Altitude
Description: Evergreen, woody shrubs; stem pubescent, sulcate, terete ultimately. Leaves opposite, 4.4-10.4 x 0.4-3.5 cm, elliptic, obovate-oblanceolate, glabrous, veins prominent abaxially, lateral-veins 6-8 paired, apex acute or shortly acuminate, margins entire: stipules 0.25 cm long, filiform, base broad; petiole 0.5-1.1 cm long, angled. Flowers sessile, 1.4-2.1 cm long, reddish-yellow. Calyx ca. 0.3-0.4 cm long; tube oblong, lobes 5, short, triangular, acute. Corolla ca. 1.2-1.8 cm long, lobes triangular. Anthers ca. 1.0 cm exserted. Style 1.4 cm long. Fruits uncommon.
Flowering and Fruiting: July- September
Uses: Ornamental
Cultivation: Cultivated
References
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
https://indiabiodiversity.org