Index / Search / Callisia monandra
§1 Plant
Callisia monandra (Sw.) Schult. & Schult. f.
vernacular cojite morado — species · Commelinaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Commelinaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Callisia
§2a
Native status, by region
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 21 counties across 1 state§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 21 counties across 1 state.
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Adjuntas 72001
- Aibonito 72009
- Arecibo 72013
- Barranquitas 72019
- Bayamon 72021
- Caguas 72025
- Cayey 72035
- Ciales 72039
- Jayuya 72073
- Las Marias 72083
- Maricao 72093
- Mayaguez 72097
- Naguabo 72103
- Patillas 72109
- Rio Grande 72119
- Salinas 72123
- San Juan 72127
- Utuado 72141
- Villalba 72149
- Yabucoa 72151
- Yauco 72153
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAMO25 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5303434 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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