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Centradenia inaequilateralis

Centradenia inaequilateralis
Photo: Jonathan Eisen, CC BY 4.0

Centradenia inaequilateralis is a small, trailing or spreading plant grown for its pink-purple flowers and is often sold as a houseplant or greenhouse plant. It needs warm, humid conditions with bright light but no harsh direct sun.

Family
Melastomataceae (Melastomat family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Peat-based or humus-rich potting mix with good drainage.
Temperature
18–27 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) to C. America

About

Centradenia inaequilateralis is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to southern Mexico, and Central America. With its pink-purple flowers, its cultivar 'Cascade' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Centradenia inaequilateralis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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