| General Information |
| Distribution | Native to Madagascar.In the Hawaiian Islands,
naturalized on
Kaua`i, O`ahu, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i.
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Habit
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Glabrous, succulent, perennial herb; stem 5‒10 dm long, unbranched, reproducing vegetatively by adventitious shoots from the base.
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Leaves
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Leaves simple, usually ternate, subcylindrical, 3‒15 cm long, 0.3‒0.6 cm wide, abaxial surface sulcate, often spotted with reddish brown, margin near apex with 3‒9 conical teeth between which spoon-shaped bulbils are produced.
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Flowers
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Inflorescences a corymbose cyme, 10‒20 cm wide, cymules pendent on pedicel 0.5‒2 cm long. Flowers with connate sepals, tube 0.3‒0.6 cm long, lobes triangular, 0.5‒0.7 cm long; corolla orange to scarlet, 2.5‒4 cm long, lobes obovate, 0.5‒1 cm long.
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Fruit
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Fruit rarely developing, a cluster of 4 dehiscent follicles ca. 5 mm long.
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Seeds
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Seeds minute.
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Chromosomes
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2n = 68.
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Contributor
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Nancy Khan
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