1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
Tender Perennial
Fruits, Trees
1.3 Origin
Mexico
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tropical Indomalaya
1.4 Types
Not Available
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.7 Habitat
Temperate Regions, Tropical regions
Dry areas
1.8 USDA Hardiness Zone
2.2 AHS Heat Zone
2.3 Sunset Zone
H1, H2, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Not Available
2.4 Habit
Cushion/Mound-forming
Not Available
3 Information
3.1 Plant Size
3.1.1 Minimum Height
1.4.1 Minimum Width
5.2 Plant Color
5.2.1 Flower Color
Yellow, Orange Red, Black
White
5.3.1 Flower Color Modifier
5.5.2 Fruit Color
Not Available
Greyish Brown, Light Green, Not Available
5.5.4 Leaf Color in Spring
5.5.6 Leaf Color in Summer
5.5.7 Leaf Color in Fall
5.6.1 Leaf Color in Winter
5.8 Shape
5.8.1 Leaf Shape
5.10 Thorns
7 Season
7.1 Plant Season
7.3 Growing Conditions
7.3.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
7.3.3 Growth Rate
7.3.6 Type of Soil
7.3.8 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
7.3.10 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
7.3.12 Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall, Indeterminate
Late Fall
7.3.14 Repeat Bloomer
8.2 Tolerances
9 Care
9.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Ground, Pot
9.3 How to Plant?
Seedlings, Transplanting
Budding, Layering, root cutting, Seedlings
9.4 Plant Maintenance
9.5 Watering Plants
9.6.1 Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Do not water frequently, It cannot sustain wet-feet, Water when soil is dry
Do not water excessively
9.6.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
9.7.1 In Spring
9.9.1 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
9.11 Soil
9.11.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
9.12.1 Soil Type
9.13.1 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
9.14 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
9.15 Pruning
Cut or pinch the stems, Prune in spring
Prune after harvesting, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
9.16 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
for fruiting plants, use high phosphorous content fertilizer
9.17 Pests and Diseases
9.18 Plant Tolerance
10 Facts
10.1 Flowers
10.1.1 Flower Petal Number
10.3 Fruits
10.3.1 Showy Fruit
10.4.0 Edible Fruit
10.6 Fragrance
10.6.1 Fragrant Flower
11.0.2 Fragrant Fruit
11.1.2 Fragrant Leaf
11.1.3 Fragrant Bark/Stem
11.2 Showy Foliage
11.3 Showy Bark
11.4 Foliage Texture
11.5 Foliage Sheen
11.6 Evergreen
11.7 Invasive
11.8 Self-Sowing
11.9 Attracts
Hummingbirds
Not Available
11.10 Allergy
no allergic reactions
Gastric
12 Benefits
12.1 Uses
12.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Bouquets, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
12.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Good Cleanser
12.1.3 Edible Uses
12.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Not Available
12.2 Plant Benefits
12.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Not Available
Blood cleanser, Diabetes, Ear ache, Energy, Kidney problems, Liver Protection, Malaria, Respiratory Disorders, scurvy, Snakebite
12.2.2 Part of Plant Used
12.2.3 Other Uses
Economic Purpose, Used as Ornamental plant, Used for producing cooking oil
Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties
12.3 Used As Indoor Plant
12.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
12.5 Garden Design
Bedding Plant, Container, Mixed Border, Tropical
Edible, Fruit Tree
13 Scientific Name
13.1 Botanical Name
CUPHEA cyanea
Limonia acidissima
13.2 Common Name
Mexican Cigar, Firecracker plant
Wood apple, monkey fruit, curd fruit
13.2.1 In Hindi
13.2.2 In German
Zigarettenblümchen
Indischer Holzapfel
13.2.3 In French
13.2.4 In Spanish
13.2.5 In Greek
πούρο φυτών
γλυκό ασβέστη
13.2.6 In Portuguese
charuto de Plantas
Limonia
13.2.7 In Polish
Cigar roślin
Feronia słoniowa
13.2.8 In Latin
Planta Cigar
dulcis ad cinerem
14 Classification
14.1 Kingdom
14.2 Phylum
Tracheophyta
Magnoliophyta
14.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
14.4 Order
14.5 Family
14.6 Genus
14.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Angiosperms, Eudicots
14.8 Tribe
14.9 Subfamily
Lythroideae
Aurantioideae
14.10 Number of Species