Rubiaceae
Paederia cruddasiana
Paederia cruddasiana
Also known as Paederia aestivalis, Paederia autumnalis, Paederia cruddasiana subsp. microcarpa, Paederia foetida var. microcarpa
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Climbing · Asian · Medicinal · Rubiaceae · Coffee Family · Traditional · Ethnobotanical · Support
This Asian climbing vine from the coffee family requires warm conditions and regular watering during the growing season. Provide sturdy support as it can become quite vigorous once established. Traditional medicinal uses make this plant of interest to ethnobotanical collectors.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water when top 2 inches of soil are dry · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -10°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 20 ft
- Spread
- 10 ft
- Spacing
- 30 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
Sources: trefle
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