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Trichanthera gigantea
About
Trichanthera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the acanthus family containing the single species Trichanthera gigantea, which is known by many common names, including madre de agua, suiban, cenicero, tuno, naranjillo, and palo de agua. It is native to Central America and northern South America. It has also been introduced to other tropical regions such as Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Philippines.
- Family
- Acanthaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Trichanthera gigantea
- Slug
- trichanthera-gigantea
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Trichanthera
- Species
- gigantea
- Wikidata QID
- Q5393302
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
Generated sections & citations
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