Mazhar Botanic Garden

Callisia repens Jacq.

Creeping inch-plant

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000961
English name: Creeping inch-plant
Arabic name: Turtle vine
Native: South America, Central America, Mexico, West
Country: Central america Mexico South America
(PGR): Cultivated plant

perennial herbs forms creeping mats leaves  ovate 4 cm long and 2 cm wide, acute at the tip and rounded at the base, the leaf margins are hairy flowers borne in cluster in the leaf axils, small, white

Ornamental foliage. Rockery. Desert Garden. Russians and some other parts of the world use Callisia, including Callisia fragrans in vodka, to mitigate colds, skin problems, stomach upset, and arthritis.

Tradescantia callisia Sw

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Texture: Chalk Clay Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds - cuttings
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 10 : 11B
pH range: 6.1 -6.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Creeper
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Groundcover Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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