Whitfieldia elongata

Common name: White Candles

Family: Acanthaceae

Synonym(s):

Country of Origin: tropical Africa

Description:

Uses: African tribes have incorporated this plant not only for medicinal purposes but also in the name of love. This is an important ingredient in love potions, skin diseases, and snake bites³. <p> The leaves yield a black dye.⁴

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USDA Zone: 10a-11

Source: Kartuz Greenhouses

Provenance:

Restrictions:

Culture:

bright shade, warm temps, min temp 55, uniform moisture, rich soil

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: euasterid I
• Order: Lamiales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Acanthaceae
• SubFamily: Acanthoideae
• Tribe: Whitfieldieae
• SubTribe:

References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed Tuesday, 13 November, 2018.
2. Whitfieldia elongata at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Tuesday, 13 November, 2018.
3. M. Iwu, Maurice. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1993.
4. Whitfieldia elongata at Useful Tropical Plants. Last accessed Tuesday, 13 November, 2018.
5. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Michael Wolf [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed Tuesday, 13 November, 2018.

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