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Chrysothemis pulchella
Also called Black Flamingo, Sunset Bells
In Singapore: Copper Leaf, Sunset Bells, Squarestem, 金红花 (Grown in Singapore)
Squarestem (Chrysothemis pulchella) is a tender tropical perennial in the African violet family, grown for its bronze-purple leaves and bell-shaped flowers. Keep it in bright indirect light, warm and humid, with evenly moist soil.
Chrysothemis pulchella (also known as sunset bells, black flamingo, copper leaf or simply chryothemis) is a tender tropical perennial plant that belongs to the family Gesneriaceae. It can be used as a shade area house plant or interior ornamental plant or in a greenhouse.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chrysothemis pulchella 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.
