Mazhar Botanic Garden

Portlandia grandiflora L.

Bell flower

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001190
Common name: Bell flower
English name: Jamaican bellflower
Native: Cuba, Jamaica
Country: Cuba Jamaica
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen shrub or small tree reaching up to 2-45 m high leaves large, dark green and leathery, 16 cm long and 5-10 cm wide, ovate or elliptic flowers 15 cm long,  showy, large, white, bell-shaped and trumpet-like, highly fragrant, with a sweet, vanilla-like or creamy chocolate scent especially at night fruit woody, oval-shaped 2-3 cm long

Ornamental Shrub

Portlandia grandiflora var parviflora S Moore

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Texture: Calcareous Mildly acidic soils
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade Light shade when young
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late spring and Summer
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 7.0-8.0
Status: Near threatened
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Perennial
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Online
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated Rare
Vegetation types: Evergreen shrub
pH: Alkaline

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