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Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers, Voy. Yemen 142 1889. (Syn: Manettia lanceolata (Forssk.) Vahl; Mussaenda aegyptiaca Poir. [Illegitimate]; Mussaenda lanceolata (Forssk.) Spreng. [Illegitimate]; Mussaenda luteola Delile [Illegitimate]; Neurocarpaea lanceolata (Forssk.) R.Br.; Ophiorrhiza lanceolata Forssk.; Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) K. Schum.; Pseudomussaenda lanceolata (Forssk.) Wernham; (=) Pentas carnea auct. pl.);
. Ethiopia to Mozambique, Comoros, Arabian Peninsula: Bangladesh, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre; Introduced into: Caroline Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Gilbert Is., Marianas, Marshall Is., Norfolk Is., Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Windward Is. as per POWO; .. PEN-tass — five lan-see-oh-LAY-tuh — lance-shaped . commonly known as: Egyptian star cluster, pentas, star cluster, star flower . Native to: tropical Africa, Yemen; cultivated elsewhere as ornamental in tropics . There are two types, one normal grows upto 3′-4′ and with spreading habit and another dwarf grows upto 1.5’to 2′ with compact habit. Both have white, pink and red flowers. commonly grown in little drier climate. .
Rubiaceae Week – Pentas lanceolata – 060212 – RK: This is one of the important plants in a butterfly garden. Awesome Shots
Rubiaceae Week: Pentas lanceolata from a Nursery in Karnal: More Pics from CCSHAU Botanical Garden Hisar Another good set of pictures. Here its one of the most common ornamental in many house/office etc., beautiful flowers. Wherever there are pentas, you see lots of butterflies there.
Rubiaceae Week: Pentas lanceolata from Hissar- 2011: Another beautiful upload.
Rubiaceae Week: Pentas lanceolata from Dombivli:
04/06/2013 ASP 39 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors.
Can you please ID this ornamental herbaceous plant with pinkish red flowers. Photo was taken in a garden in the central district in Sri Lanka in March 2012. Pentas lanceolata of Rubiaceae Yes, Pentas lanceolata..
Hooghly – looks like what ided as Pentas : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. This one may be same as
Yes, this should be Pentas lanceolata
Ornamental Rubiaceae for ID: May 2014 DSR_12 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3).
This small ornamental shrub cultivated in Pantnagar produce white flowers like Ixora. Please suggest ID. Pentas sp? … has lead to a correct genus. Location: Shanghai, China
Altitude: 100 -200 ft.
Date: 29 October 2014
Pentas lanceolata Thank you … Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers (accepted name)         SK775 06 OCT-2017:ID : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8)
Location : Pokhara, Nepal
Date : 9 August 2017
Altitude : 2800 ft.
Cultivated? Pl. mention with your posts if you think so. Yes, it is. I forgot. Pentas lanceolata… Thank you …! Yes … it is cultivated. Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers
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04082011-BS-001- a small Garden Herb for Id from Golden nursery karnal: I think Pentas lanceolata, after getting common name from nurserymen called as petas You may be right … I was thinking that the corolla lobes are narrower than that of Pentas. But I now know that Pentas shows great variation in color, shape size etc. Even there are 6-7 corolla lobes (http://www.flowersofindia.in/StarCluster.html)
efloraofindia:”For Id 05092011MR2’’ Resurfacing again for id ?Pentas Pune:
Resurfacing again for id Prior Identification by .. Ixora sp Yes Pentas lanceolata Thank you … So is this *Pentas lanceolata ‘Graffiti White’* I think Yes It is pentas in white. There are two types, one normal grows upto 3′-4′ and with spreading habit and another dwarf grows upto 1.5’to 2′ with compact habit. Both have white, pink and red flowers. commonly grown in little drier climate. in pune all shades and both the types are available in most of the nurseries.
nice plant for balconies or home gardens as well landscaped large gardens.
efloraindia: 011111 BRS 103: For sp. id. request.
Date/Time-Location- 29.10.2011, NBNP Garden
Place, Altitude, GPS- Anaikatti (640 MSL), Coimbatore Dist.,
Habitat- Garden
Type-Plant Habit- Shrub Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers, .
Pentas lanceolata – 061111 – RK: (mixed thread): its very popular with the nursery folks this monsoon … I have one in my balcony… forgot to tell you, in california… it seems hummingbirds love it… Beautiful photo … and … your humming bird capture is superb. These are also the favorites of butterflies as lots of butterflies can be seen hovering around these flowers. Here is a Orange pentas from Goa. Excellent combo photograph … The plant is widely used in butterfly gardens. There are several varieties / colours. That’s nice to know …, my little plant does not have any flowers right now, had them for about a month at end of monsoon here in Kolkata….. It will perhaps rest and then flower again, am feeding it for green growth right now, and may be later will start off to give it some phosphorous rich food to encourage flowering again… tough job to get these things to flower in pots.. but I am hoping that butterflies would discover my plants/ flowers … The Pentas [gifted to me] is in the only sunny, SMALL, square in my balcony! Am hoping it will attract the v. beautiful butterflies fluttering among the branches/fronds of the Cannonball, Fishtail Palm, B.coccinea, T. pallida, etc. Beautiful bird of paradise… they are sooo common in california gardens, aren’t they? Frrustrating , cant seem to ge t them going…here they seem to not like the high humidity, though in Florida the weather was almost like kolkata, I had a large clump… but in India may be I am missing something in the horticultural details…
Rubiaceae for identification 040412MK01: Please help me to identify this Rubiaceae shrub. Is this a Pentas sp.?
Date: 05 Feb 2012
Place: a garden in Coimbatore city, TN
The plant was 3 metres tall and with leaves c.10×4 cm; inflorescence head c.10cm across Yes …, This looks to be Pentas lanceolatus.. Yes it is Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers – the Egyptian Starcluster Pentas lanceolatus. A common garden plant. There are many coloured varieties (flowers) in this species. This is one of the “Butterfly garden” plants Yes it seems they are Pentas… but flowers are a bit larger than what we see in current nursery stocks I have had several of them in recent years… regional difference?       Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers from CCSHAU Hisar
Family: Rubiaceae
Flower ID request – RK41 – 1-Nov-2012: This is the white flowered PENTAS lancellata.
Rubiaceae Week – Pentas lanceolata – 060212 – RK2:
Rubiaceae Week -Pentas lanceolata from Coimbatore.: A popular garden plant
PEN-tass — five
lan-see-oh-LAY-tuh — lance-shaped Nov 17, 2011 … at a resort garden in Ooty, Tamil Nadu
commonly known as: Egyptian star cluster, pentas, star cluster, star flower Native to: tropical Africa, Yemen; cultivated elsewhere as ornamental in tropics References: Flowers of India • Dave’s Garden • NPGS / GRIN more views: Sep 28, 2007 … in a resort garden, along NH 8 near Sasunavghar, Maharashtra May 10, 2007 … at a residence garden, Mangalore
Really nice set of pictures.
I had also posted this sp. with pink flowers.
Flower for id -ID01022018SH1 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
Flower for Id pl. Any Ixora sp.?
Location – Home Garden, Mumbai Date – Feb 2017 I hope it is Pentas lanceolata..
Location: Hong Kong Park
Date: 15 August 2018
Elevation: 200 ft.
Habit : Cultivated
. Plant for ID : Kenya : 27JAN21 : AK-31: 1 image. Is it Pentas lanceolata? Hoping you’re right . Pentas lanceolata from Jammu-GS02052022-2: 6 very high res. images. Very nice images. A common garden plant in Chennai. Attracts plenty of butterflies. Used in butterfly gardens.      Pentas lanceolata subsp. quartiniana (A.Rich.) Verdc.: 5 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK
Altitude: 19 m.
Date: 04 April 2022
Habit : Cultivated / Labeled . Do Pentas bear male and female flowers ?:
Do Pentas plants bear male and female flowers separately ? Was looking through Pentas lanceolata posts. Found that there shows two kinds of flowers; one with stamens, other with stigma. Few posts listed: showing both with stamens
with stigma
efloraofindia:”For Id 27062012MR1’’ red insect on Pentas plant Pune: This is a Sheild Bug [Pentatomid bug of Family Pentatomidae]. I think i saw these bugs a number of times but do not know the ID. Your post reminds me this bug once again and i tried to search the ID. How about the probability of the following ? –
Yes the bug in my post looks exactly the same as in the 1st link you have provided. I also gather from the links that it is a pest for some plants and useful to some other plants. From the 2nd link it is a Soyabean plant pest. Fortunately I have no Soyabean plants in my garden so need not worry :). Thanks again for the help. I have seen such green bugs in the past but never brown. The green bugs really stink.
Rubiaceae Week: Pentas lanceolata?:
efloraofindia:”For Id 24082011MR2’’ white flowers Pune: Kindly identify this plant with the following specifications is it Pentas lanceolata ‘Graffiti White’
Date/Time- July 2011
Location-Place, Altitude, GPS- Pune Maharashtra
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- garden
Plant Habit-Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- herb
Height/Length- about 1 foot tall
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- dark green
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- white small flowers
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- not seen I can’t think of any other species than Pentas.. Pentas or Pentas lanceolataor Pentas in white as per another thread
Id of flower ID 03072013SH! : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Posting flower photo for id. Is it some Ixora variety ? Pentas lanceolata or Pentas ‘Butterfly Deep Rose’ . Rubiaceae: Pentas lanceolata: 1 high res. image. Yes
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