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