Accession Data

Iochroma fuchsioides

Common Name: Red Iochroma

Family: Solanaceae

Country of Origin: Andes of Colombia and Ecuador

Uses: The root of Iochroma fuchsiodes is reputedly a powerful purgative prescribed by the payés in the Valley of Sibundoy in treating colic, stomach ache, difficulty of digestion of bowel function. The root is rasped and eaten raw with salt when internal injury is suspected following a blow; a tea of the leaves is administered in cases of difficult childbirth.1

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10a

Accession #: 201200019

Accession Date: 2012-03-29 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1317

Quantity: 3

Source: Kartuz Greenhouses

Culture: cooler temps may induce better flowering, partial shade and year round moisture, may be defoliated by treehoppers

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Solanales

Family: Solanaceae

SubFamily: Solanoideae

Tribe: Physaleae

SubTribe: Iochrominae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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2012

References

  1. Anthropgen website. Accessed 29 March 2012.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 15 May 2015.

Images

Iochroma fuchsioides