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Zebra plant

Updated: May 31, 2021

Aung Thong | เอื้องทอง | Sanchezia speciosa

Family: Acanthaceae - Genus: Sanchezia

The Zebra plant can be found on the premises of Eco-Logic, near the restaurant and the accommodation.

 

The Zebra Plant, also know as Yellow Sanchezia, Shrubby Whitevein and Gold Vein Plant is a perennial shrub with large, colorful bracts and flowers, and colorful leaves. It can grow up to 1.5 to 3 meter high.

The leaves of the Zebra plant are 20 to 25 centimeter long, elliptic, dark green with variable streaks of bright yellow.

The plant has long spikes of bright yellow flowers, tubular, 5 centimeter long, that are surrounded by red or orange bracts.

The plant rarely produces fruits oblong capsule-like fruits containing about 6 to 8 compressed circular seeds.


The Zebra plant flowers during the dry season from April to September.


 

The papaya is a small, sparsely branched tree, usually with a single stem growing from 5 to 10 meter tall, with spirally arranged leaves confined to the top of the trunk. The lower trunk is usually scarred where leaves and fruit were borne. All parts of the plant contain latex.
Plant

THE PLANT

The Zebra Plant, also know as Yellow Sanchezia, Shrubby Whitevein and Gold Vein Plant is a perennial shrub with large, colorful bracts and flowers, and colorful leaves. It can grow up to 1.5 to 3 meter high.





 

The leaves of the papaya are large, 50-70 cm in diameter, with seven lobes.
Leaf

THE LEAVES

The leaves of the Zebra plant are 20 to 25 centimeter long, elliptic, dark green with variable streaks of bright yellow.





 


The flowers are five-parted; the male flowers have the stamens fused to the petals. The female flowers have a superior ovary and five contorted petals loosely connected at the base. The flowers are sweet-scented, open at night, and wind- or insect-pollinated.
FLOWER

THE FLOWERS

The Zebra plant has long spikes of bright yellow flowers, tubular, 5 centimeter long, that are surrounded by red or orange bracts.

The plant rarely produces fruits oblong capsule-like fruits containing about 6 to 8 compressed circular seeds.



 


CULINARY USES

The Zebra plant has no culinary use.

The plant is considered slightly poisonous when consumed by pets and humans.



 

TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL USE


NOTE: please take advice from a doctor if you are planning to use herbal medicine.


The Zebra Plant is also used for medicinal purposes. Research suggests the roots possesses antifungal, antibacterial, anti-cancerous, and insecticidal properties, whereas some compounds present in the leaves have been found to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.


 

INTO THE WILD: a down to earth experience

For guests and visitors to Paksong we organize weekly tours "The Edible Forest" and Foraging weekends: Into the Wild. We work with local guides to take you in the jungle of Paksong. After foraging, we will cook a meal with the ingredients, using bamboo together with you!


Come and join and learn about the abundance of food that nature gives us!


INTO THE WILD!

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