Mazhar Botanic Garden

Aeschynanthus radicans Jack

Lipstick Vine

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000520
English name: Lipstick Vine
Arabic name: اخينانسس
Native: Malay Peninsula south to Java
Country: Peninsula
(PGR): Rare

Vine-like, growing to 15 m tall, leaves green, leathery,  4–8 cm long, ovate to lanceolate, opposite or whorled, flowers are terminal, tubular, 5–75 cm long, with the upper lobes shorter than the lower They are usually scarlet with yellow throats

Epiphyte that is a popular and striking houseplant with its bright red tubular flowers.

Trichosporun radicans (Jack) Nees

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Texture: Heavy clay Medium loamy
Fertility: Intermediate
Salinity: Low
Climates: Tropical
Lights: Light shade
Zone: 10 : 11
Status: Cultivated Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Climber
Sample Type: Cultivar
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Cosmetic Indoor plant Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Rare
Vegetation types: Evergreen

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