1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
Southeastern Asia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia
Mediterranean, Northern Africa
1.4 Types
Not Available
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Woodlands
marshes, Riverbanks
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
1.9 Habit
Oval or Rounded
Upright/Erect
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
1,370.00 cm240.00 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
1,520.00 cm120.00 cm
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Light Green, Gray Green
Purple
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Gray Green, Gray
White, Gray Green
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Gray Green, Gray
Light Green
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Gray Green
Purple, Tan
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Summer, Fall, Winter
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Indeterminate
Late Summer, Fall
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
Wet Site, Drought, Salt
Drought
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
4.2 How to Plant?
Seedlings, Stem Planting
Seedlings, Vegetative
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Water daily during growing season
Water once every two or three weeks
4.4.2 In Summer
Moderate
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Less Watering
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Cut back all stems to the same height
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
0-10-10 NPK fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Aphids, Insects
Drought, Edema
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
5.12 Allergy
Nausea, Vomiting
Noxious Weed
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Cottage Garden
Borders, Showy Purposes
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
For treating wrinkles, Moisturizing, used as a dye
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification, Shadow Tree
Erosion control
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Cramps, Dermatitis
Not Available
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Bark, Fruits, Leaves
Leaves
6.2.3 Other Uses
Can be made into a herbal tea, Making Sweet Scented Oil, Sauces, Used as firewood
Cultivated for fodder
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Mixed Border, Shade Trees, Street Trees, Tropical
Cutflower, Dried Flower/Everlasting, Feature Plant, Mixed Border
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
ALEURITES moluccanus
SACCHARUM ravennae
7.2 Common Name
Candleberry, Candlenut, Kukui
Hardy Pampas Grass, Plume Grass, Ravennagrass
7.2.1 In Hindi
Aleurites moluccanus
Plume Grass
7.2.2 In German
7.2.3 In French
Aleurites moluccana
Plume Herbe
7.2.4 In Spanish
Aleurites moluccanus
Penacho de hierba
7.2.5 In Greek
Aleurites moluccanus
Plume Grass
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Nogueira-de-iguape
Plume grama
7.2.7 In Polish
Nogueira-de-iguape
Pióropusz Trawa
7.2.8 In Latin
Aleurites moluccanus
Kessinger Grass
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Angiosperms
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
8.8 Tribe
Aleuritideae
Andropogoneae
8.9 Subfamily
8.10 Number of Species