Lepisanthes — 9 species
Botanical species in the genus Lepisanthes recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Lepisanthes amoena
Lepisanthes amoena
Family: Sapindaceae
Cultivation
The plant grows in the wild on both acid and basic soils, on loams, clay and sand. The often large pseudostipules, appressed to the twigs, are used as shelter by ants.
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Lepisanthes fruticosa
Lepisanthes fruticosa
Family: Sapindaceae
Cultivation
Plants are found in the wild in a wide range of situations and in soils ranging from dry to swampy; rich as well as poor; clayey as well as sandy; acid as well as basic.
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Lepisanthes rubiginosa
Lepisanthes rubiginosa
Family: Sapindaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the hot, wet, tropical lowlands. It is found in both areas with year-round rainfall and areas with a distinct dry season. The plant grows wild preferably on periodically dry, rarely on marshy, fertile as well as sterile soils, both on heavy clay, on sand, and on limestone.
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Lepisanthes senegalensis
Lepisanthes senegalensis
Family: Sapindaceae
Cultivation
A large number of morphological races exist, especially in Malesia, with different sizes of fruit, the races being correlated with different habitats.
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