Mazhar Botanic Garden

Gmelina philippensis Cham

Parrot’s Beak Purple Bulang

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000507
English name: Parrot’s Beak, Purple Bulang
Arabic name: جملينا هستيركس
Native: India
Country: India
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Climbing shrub, leaves leathery blades that are egg- shaped to elliptic to drop-shaped flowers yellow, 5-8 cm long, and arranged in hanging cones with pointed red bracts fruit  drupe 3 cm long

Soil: fertile loamy soil

Ornamental Flowers, Ornamental Foliage

Gmelina hystrix Schult Ex KKuurz

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Texture: Sandy loam
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seed, cuttings
Flowering time: India , Myanmar, Thailand
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 6.1-6.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline Neutral

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