Hummingbird Bush
Hamelia patens
Also known as Scarlet Bush, Fire Bush
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hamelia patens
- Genus
- Hamelia
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Cultivated in most parts of the world
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Telangana, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, West Bengal, Assam, Punjab, Bihar, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hummingbird Bush itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Orangerecorded
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“The fruit is a small dark red berry, turning black at maturity.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hummingbird Bush itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- വിടരാപ്പൂവ്
About Hummingbird Bush
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Hummingbird Bush (Hamelia patens) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala and 18 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Hummingbird Bush belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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