Mazhar Botanic Garden

Pseuderanthemum maculatum (G.Lodd.)I.M.Turner

Black magic

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001210
Common name: Black magic
English name: Purple false eranthemum
Arabic name: ارنسيمم نيجرم
Native: Solomon Island to Vanuatu
Country: Solomon Islands Vanuatu
(PGR): Common

Evergreen semi-wood shrub grow up to 1-2 m tall, stems reddish or maroon leaves simple, ovate, dark green, purple or black and often variegated with silver or pink streaks and margins flowers small white or pink in clusters at the tips  of branches

ornamental. landscaping. medicine

Eranthemum nigrum Linden, Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum (WBull ex A de Vos) Radlk

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Texture: Heavy clay Loam Moist Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: None
Water Sources: Drought-tolerant plant
Climates: Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Stem cuttings
Flowering time: Mid spring to early winter
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 6.0-7.0
Status: Common
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Evergreen Shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Institution
Plant Uses: Hedge Landscape Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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