Name of Plant: Rhinacanthus nasutus (L) Kurz. (Aniththa.)
Simple,
opposite, decussate leaves. Flowers zygomorphic, bisexual, white.
Fruit
capsule 1.2cm long, glabrous, loculicidally dehiscent
With
4 glabrous seed.
Flowers
from January from also July to October.
Climate zone:
Tropical
Africa, Madagascar, Maldives Islands, India, Sri
Lanka,
Native to Java &Philippines.
Lighting: Under shade of trees. Dry low lands.
Soil types: Normal
Watering: Normal
How to propagate (i.e. leaf cutting, root cutting, etc.):
Propagation though seeds & Stem cutting
plant stem cutting of About
12cm long
with few leaves either in nursery base or nursery base with common nursery
medium mixture
Sand : Soil : Compost
1 : 1 : 1
Burying
the cut end about 1cm. below the soil surface 14 day days grown.
Propagation: Stem
cuttings
Materials Used: Propagation media (1:1:1=Sand: Soil:
Compost)
Scoop
Mother plant
Cutter
Water
Bags
Procedure for propagation:
·
Select suitable mother plant
·
Select good cutting stem
·
Plant stem cuttings of about 2cm long with few leaves
·
Should be in nursery bags or beds with common nursery medium
·
Burring the cut end about 1cm below the soil mixture
·
When well grown buds appear in 2 weeks
·
Transfer the rooted plants in to holes of 20x20x20cmin the field
·
Inter plant distance is 30x45cm
