Family: Goodeniaceae

Genus: Scaveola

Species: taccada

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000358

Common name: Sea lettuce

English name: Beach cabbage,

Arabic name: اسكافيولا

Native: Madagascar, Southeast Asia (including Singapore), to tropical Australia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Hawaii

Country: Australia Hawaii Madagascar Singapore

(PGR): Rare

Shrub or small tree up to 10 m tall Its alternate, shortly-stalked leaves have fleshy leaf blades that are mostly reverse egg-shaped, and 8–26 by 25–10 cm flowers pale yellow or white flowers are 2–25 cm long, and arranged in 8 cm-wide clusters fruit, round , round, fleshy fruits ripen from green to white, and are 8–13 by 10–15 mm They also contain 1–2 seeds within a stone that is 8 mm wide

Soil: Well-Drained Soils, Saline Soils / Salt Spray, Dry Soils / Drought, Moist Soils, Easy to Grow

ornamental foliage, It grows along rocky and sandy beaches, on coastal cliffs and sandstone hills.

Scaveola velutina C Presl, Scaveola sericea (Gaertn) Roxb

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Texture: Moist

Fertility: High

Drainage: Well drained

Topography: Coastal area

Salinity: High

Water Sources: Medium Water

Climates: Dry

Lights: Full sun

Propagation: Seeds , stem cutting

Flowering time: Early summer

Zone: 10 : 10

pH range: 6.5-7.5

Status: Cultivated

Life span: Perennial

Habits: Shrub Small tree

Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated

Collecting Sources: Botanical garden

Plant Uses: Coastal gardens Ornamental

Plant Populations density: Cultivated

Vegetation types: Evergreen shrub

pH: Acid Alkaline Neutral