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Accession Data:

Iochroma fuchsioides (Bonpl.) Miers

  • sect. Iochroma

  • Common Name: Red Iochroma
  • Family: Solanaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Andes of Colombia and Ecuador
  • Habitat: montane areas around 7000ft

  • Uses: The root of Iochroma fuchsiodes is reputedly a powerful laxative in effect">purgative prescribed by the payés in the Valley of Sibundoy in treating colic, stomach ache, difficulty of digestion of bowel function. The root is rasped and eaten raw with salt when internal injury is suspected following a blow; a tea of the leaves is administered in cases of difficult childbirth.1
  • Culture: cooler temps may induce better flowering, partial shade and year round moisture, may be defoliated by treehoppers
  • USDA Zone: 10a

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201200019
  • Source: Kartuz Greenhouses
  • Accession Date: 03-29-2012
  • Bench: 1317 - NEOA: South Bench E
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 04-07-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Solanales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Solanaceae
  • SubFamily: Solanoideae
  • Tribe: Physaleae
  • SubTribe: Iochrominae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012

References (internal):

  • Bird Pollination (ornithophily)

References (external):

  1. Anthropgen website. Accessed 29 March 2012.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 15 May 2015.

data regenerated on Mon, 07 Apr 2025 14:06:06 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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