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Apocynaceae
Indian rubbervine
Cryptostegia grandiflora
Also known as Palay rubbervine, Cryptostegia grandiflora var. tulearensis, Purple allamanda, Nerium grandiflorum
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Invasive · Vine · Tropical · Drought-Tolerant · Showy-Flowers · Apocynaceae · Rubber-Vine · Noxious-Weed · Fast-Growing · Warm-Climate
Indian rubbervine is a vigorous tropical woody vine bearing large, showy pink-purple flowers, but it is highly invasive outside its native range and listed as a noxious weed in many countries including Australia and the USA. It tolerates drought once established and grows rapidly in full sun with minimal care. Planting is strongly discouraged outside controlled or native environments due to its invasive potential.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 8 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently; allow soil to partially dry between waterings · Every 7-14 days once established
- Maintenance
- High
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 60 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cayman Is., Colombia, Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Florida, Gambia, Guinea, Haiti, Hawaii
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle
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