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Hamelia patens Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 16 1760. (syn. Duhamelia odorata Willd. ex Schult.; Duhamelia patens (Jacq.) Pers.; Duhamelia sphaerocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.; Hamelia brachystemon Wernham; Hamelia brittoniana Wernham; Hamelia coccinea Sw.; Hamelia corymbosa Sessé & Moc.; Hamelia erecta Jacq.; Hamelia intermedia Urb. & Ekman; Hamelia lanuginosa M.Martens & Galeotti; Hamelia latifolia Rchb. ex DC.; Hamelia nodosa M.Martens & Galeotti; Hamelia patens var. axillaroides Wernham …..; Hamelia pedicellata Wernham; Hamelia sphaerocarpa Ruiz & Pav.; Hamelia suaveolens Kunth; Hamelia tubiflora Wernham; Hamelia verticillata Moc. & Sessé ex DC.; Hamelia viridifolia Wernham; Schoenleinia thyrsoidea Miers);
. Tropical & Subtropical America: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; Introduced into: West Himalaya as per POWO; .
ham-EE-lee-uh — named for Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau, French botanical writer
PAT-ens — spreading . commonly known as: hamelia, hummingbird bush, Mexican firebush, Mexican firecracker, redhead, scarlet bush, Texas firecracker bush . Native of : tropical Americas . Shrub or small tree, evergreen, up to 3 m tall; leaves in whorls of 4, elliptic, ovate-oblong to ovate, 5-12 cm long, usually glabrous above, glabrous-tomentose beneath, entire, acute or acuminate; flowers almost sessile with 1-2 mm long pedicel, orange to scarlet, 2-3 cm long, in terminal corymbiform compound cymes; calyx lobes minute; corolla tubular, 13-15 mm long, lobes very short; stamens 5, attached to near middle of corolla tube, filaments 3 mm long; fruit a berry, globose to ellipsoid-oblong, 6-8 mm long, finally red.
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Hamelia sp. from Alipore: Species : Hamelia patens var. glabra ?
Habit & Habitat : garden shrub
Date : 25-05-12, 12.30 p.m.
Place : Agri-Horticultural Society of India, Alipor (Kolkata)
ID help : http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=220006024 this is dwarf Hamelia patens. Nice pics and good id, … and … Though it was the first time i saw this plant but i am very much acquainted with HAAJA… earlier it was common to many village women 😀         Rubiaceae Week :: Hamelia patens – Firebush Tree – bangalore RA:
Its all over the place. Looks like a shrub most of the places Yes, a very well illustrated set of photographs
Rubiaceae Week :: Hamelia patens in various gardens of Maharshtra: Hamelia patens Jacq.
ham-EE-lee-uh — named for Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau, French botanical writer
PAT-ens — spreading Dec 16, 2006 … at residence garden, Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra
commonly known as: hamelia, hummingbird bush, Mexican firebush, Mexican firecracker, redhead, scarlet bush, Texas firecracker bush Native of : tropical Americas References: Flowers of India • Top Tropicals • Dave’s Garden • Desert Tropicals • NPGS / GRIN more views: Jan 6, 2007 … at residence garden, Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra Dec 8, 2007 … at Sagar Upavan, Mumbai
Jul 10, 2010 … hotel garden along NH4 near Lonavala, Maharashtra Yes … Commonly planted in Delhi. We often give it to students for practical study.
Garden plant for identification 230113MK01: Place: Kolli Hills, TN
Alt.: c. 1400 m asl
Date: 14 Jan 2013 Yes, Hamelia patens of Rubiaceae. Fire bush? Hamelia patens Jacq. (Rubiaceae). Many thanks for the identification. Yes, me too seeing the fruits for the first time. Have one at home. Never seen it fruit. Thank you for sharing.
Rubiaceae Week: Hamelia patens Jacq. from Delhi: syn: Hamelia erecta Jacq.
Shrub or small tree, evergreen, up to 3 m tall; leaves in whorls of 4, elliptic, ovate-oblong to ovate, 5-12 cm long, usually glabrous above, glabrous-tomentose beneath, entire, acute or acuminate; flowers almost sessile with 1-2 mm long pedicel, orange to scarlet, 2-3 cm long, in terminal corymbiform compound cymes; calyx lobes minute; corolla tubular, 13-15 mm long, lobes very short; stamens 5, attached to near middle of corolla tube, filaments 3 mm long; fruit a berry, globose to ellipsoid-oblong, 6-8 mm long, finally red.
Commonly planted in Delhi. Photographed from Khalsa College, Delhi Ridge and Vikas Puri. …, beautiful flowers. I have seen sunbirds hovering around these flowers for the nectar.
Nice closeup, … This is a very common shrub in South Indian gardens. Chennai, Mysore and Bangalore. The plant is in flower almost throughout the year Some More Pics Yes … Nice photographs
Awesome close ups of the flowers. Though I am seeing this plant almost everyday during my evening walks, I have not seen the fruits, perhaps I would have overlooked. Thanks for sharing the photograph of the fruits as well.
Request flower id (x-2) : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 5 authors. please check with Hamelia patens Hamelia patens.       Location: Kowloon Park, Hong Kong
Date: 16 August 2018
Elevation:125 ft.
Habit : Cultivated
Hamelia patens Jacq. [Rubiaceae]. yes. know it as mexican fire bush or even hummingbird bush. grows all over gardens in lower gangetic plains. useful plant for foot fungus
Firebush (Hamelia patens) – indiantreepix | Google Groups Butterfly Bush – efloraofindia | Google Groups
Hamelia patens_Sept 09_SSN – indiantreepix | Google Groups Greening of Noida – indiantreepix | Google Groups . Bismarckia nobilis palm: The shrub is Hamelia patens. Always in flowers. A good garden plant. . Hamelia patens Jacq.: 6 very high res. images. Location: Bangalore, India
Altitude: 900m.
Date: 08 August 2022
Habit : Cultivated Yes for sure. Common garden plant in this part of Karnataka. There are no Humming birds in India. It is liked very much by Sunbirds in India.
Plant ID request 23072011MC1: Hamelia patens & Purple sunbird, male, in eclipse plumage. I have noticed lots of sunbirds and A. dorsata. Not many A. cerana.
efloraofindia:”For Id 27082011MR1’’ flowering plant Pune: Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune .
Rubiaceae: Hamelia patens Jacq.: 1 image.
location/date: University of Agricultural Sciences campus, Bangalore, July 1997 . References:
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