Hamelia patens Jacq.
| Family: | RUBIACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Firecracker Plant | ||||
| Synonym: | Hamelia erecta Jacq | ||||
| Common Name: | Fire Bush | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | Throughout the year | ||||
| Distribution: | Native of Tropical America; cultivated throughout the tropics | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown as ornamental plant | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental. It is reported that the sour fruits are edible as well as medicinal. The stems and leaves have been used in tanning leather | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Evergreen, woody shrubs. Leaves opposite, obovate-oblanceolate. Flowers sessile, reddish-yellow.Calyx tube oblong, lobes 5.Corolla lobes triangular.Fruits uncommon. | ||||