Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Boeica porosa C.B.Clarke |
Synonyms | Oreocharis tonkinensis Kraenzl. |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 800-1200m |
Description | leaves petiolate, obovate to elliptic, 5-18cm, adaxially sparsely lanate, cuneate, serrate, acute, cymes many flowered, calyx lobes elliptic, corolla 3-7mm |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white, pinkish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and in late summer; leaf cuttings in summ |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Assam ) Indo-China (Myanmar , Vietnam) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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