Description
Erect, up to c. 30 cm.
Leaves spirally arranged, obovate, up to 13 by 5 cm, without axillary hairs;
Sepals roundish, up to c. 1½ cm Ø, acuminate in fruit.
Petals 5-6, ± orbicular, up to c.2 cm Ø, purplish.
Stamens c. 75;
Fruit obpyriform, c. 10 by 8 mm, 3-valved.
Seeds ∞, c. 1 mm Ø;
Distribution
Native of S. America, sometimes escaped from gardens.
Citation
BACKER & BAKH.F. 1963 – In: Fl. Java: 217
G. DON 1834: p. 80. – In: Gard. Dict.: t. 18
L. H. BAILEY 1949: Man. Cult. PL: 336