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Coronilla lassenii (Christmas Bells; Scarlet Wisteria; vegetable hummingbird; Gallito; Agati; Swamp Pea; Spanish Armada; Sesban; Scarlet Wisteria Tree; Pois Valliere; Picashia; Oufai; Ouai; Ofai; Cresta De Gallo; Brede Morongue Gros; Brede Morongue; Brede Malabar; Baculo; Baby Boots; Akatti; Agati-keerai; Agati A Grandes Fleurs; Agathi)

Synonyms: Coronilla grandiflora (heterotypic); Securigera grandiflora (homotypic)
Language: Hindi; Sinhala

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Spring
Drought Tolerance [1]  High
Fire Tolerance [1]  Medium
Frost Free Days [1]  1 year
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Spring
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Summer
Growth Form [1]  Single Stem
Growth Period [1]  Year Round
Growth Rate [1]  Rapid
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Bare Root, Container, Seed
Root Depth [1]  24 inches (61 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Seed Vigor [1]  Medium
Seeds Per [1]  5270 / lb (11618 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Specific Gravity [3]  0.41
Structure [2]  Tree
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  White
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Brown
Height [1]  20 feet (6.1 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [1]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [1]  Moderate

Predators

Catopsilia pyranthe (Mottled emigrant butterfly)[4]
Erynnis zarucco (Zarucco Duskywing)[4]
Eurema blanda (Three-Spot Grass Yellow)[4]
Eurema hecabe (Common grass yellow)[4]
Planococcus lilacinus (citrus mealybug)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jérôme Chave, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Timothy R. Baker, Tomás A. Easdale, Hans ter Steege, Campbell O. Webb, 2006. Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2,456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications 16(6), 2356 - 2367
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0