Mazhar Botanic Garden

Russelia equisetiformis Schlecht. & Cham

Coral plant

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000357
Common name: Coral plant
English name: Fountainbush, Firecracker plant
Arabic name: روسيليا
Native: Mexico and Quatemala
Country: Mexico
(PGR): Common

Multi-branched subshrub, able to grow up to about 1 - 15 m tall and with a spread of 2 - 4 m wide leaves are reduced to small scale-like leaflets, bright green, ovate to elliptic, measuring about 85 - 15 mm long by 6 - 9 mm wide flowers Slender, bright red, tubular flowers measuring about 25 cm long, borne on the tip of branches resembling firecrackers, usually in 1 - 3 flowered clusters Fruit is dry, brown capsule, oval or globose in shape and measuring about 3 - 6 mm wide

cultivated as an ornamental plant  for temperate  gardens and in window boxes, pots, and hanging planters

Russelia juncea (Zucc)

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Texture: Chalk Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Mediterranean Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Tip cutting
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 6.5-7.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Sub shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Acid Alkaline

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