Mazhar Botanic Garden

Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze

Mottled tooth thread cardinal’s guard

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000511
English name: Mottled tooth thread, cardinal’s guard
Arabic name: ادونتونيما
Native: Mexico
Country: Mexico
(PGR): Common

evergreen shrub growing 1 m tall, leaves simple, up 27 cm long, dark green with wavy margins and long pointed tips flowers red in long racemes or panicle 13-17 cm long

Soil: grows best on fertile and moderately fertile soils

ornamental flower. 

Thyrsacanthus cuspidatus Nees

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Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun Partial shade
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Summer and autumn
Zone: 9b
pH range: 5.6-7.8
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Shrub
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Vegetation types: Evergreen shrub

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