Bleeding Heart

Bleeding Heart

English Name: Bleeding Heart

Scientific name: Lamprocapnos spectabilis (L.) Fukuhara

Bangla/Local name: Not known

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1988)

KingdomPlantae
DivisionMagnoliophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderRanunculales
FamilyPapaveraceae
GenusLamprocapnos
SpeciesL. spectabilis

Botanical Description of Bleeding Heart

Habit: Evergreen vine or shrub with a twining growth habit.

Root: Tap root system

Stem: Woody quadrangular, puberulent.

Leaf: Smooth, dark green glossy leaves are elliptic with entire leaf margin.

Flowers: Flowers are composed of 4 white, ovate calyces and 5 dark red, obovate petals and 5 white, long stamens. The calyces form a pyramidal shape with the tips hanging downwards.
Fruits: Drupe.

 

Economic Importance: Ornamental and aesthetic purposes.

 

 

 

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