Egyptian Starcluster
Pentas lanceolata
Also known as Pentas, Star Flower, Star Cluster
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Egyptian Starcluster
Identify Egyptian Starcluster by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Clusters of small star-shaped flowers, popular bedding plant.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Egyptian Starcluster.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pentas lanceolata
- Genus
- Pentas
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Grown as garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Africa, Yemen
- Distribution
- Widely cultivated
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Goa, Gujarat, West Bengal, Assam, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Egyptian Starcluster itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Egyptian Starcluster itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ഈജിപ്ഷ്യൻ നക്ഷത്രപ്പൂക്കൾ, പെന്റാസ് ലാൻസിയോലാട്ട
About Egyptian Starcluster
Egyptian Starcluster (Pentas lanceolata) is a low shrub in the Rubiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 12 other states. It is grown as garden plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Egyptian Starcluster belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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