Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Boeica porosa C.B.Clarke |
Bibliography | Monogr. Phan. [A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle] 5: 136 (1883) |
Native Range | sc. China to Assam and n. Indo-China |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
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 leaf cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Boeica tonkinensis (Kraenzl.) B.L.Burtt Didymocarpus tonkinensis (Kraenzl.) Hand.-Mazz. Oreocharis tonkinensis Kraenzl. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar, VIE Vietnam) |