Fuchsia iochroma is a wonderful and rare plant
which comes from the Andes mountains in Ecuador. It is generally
cultivated as a shrub, 6-12 ft tall, but can grown into a tree under
favorable conditions. Leaves are narrow elliptic, and the flowers are
red, tubular, about 2 inches long, growing in hanging bunches. They
remind one of certain kinds of
Fuchsia flowers. The dried and fresh
leaves and flowers are smoked, infused as tea or boiled, and have
narcotic properties. The plant is beautiful from every angle - and it
blooms almost all year long.
Identification credit: Susmita Basu
Photographed in Darjeeling, West Bengal.
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