Russelia equisetiformis Schltr. & Cham.
| Family: | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Corel Plant | ||||
| Synonym: | Russelia juncea Zucc. | ||||
| Common Name: | Not available | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | January-March | ||||
| Distribution: | Tropical America | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown as garden plant | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental garden plant | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Shrub 35-50 cm or more high with long rush-like ribbed green stems; branches very slender, whorled. Leaves small, whorled, the upper opposite about 2 mm long, linear. Flowers 2 cm long, scarlet. Calyx 2 mm long, campanulate. Corolla tubular; limb small, about 2 cm across, 2-lipped, subequally 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, included. Fruit a capsule but rarely set. | ||||