Species · genus Justicia · Acanthaceae

Mohintli

Justicia spicigera Schltdl.

Also known as: Mexican-indigo · Mexican Honeysuckle

Growth habit

shrub

Native range

Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Reference · J. spicigera

Cultivars of J. spicigera

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under J. spicigera yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Justicia spicigera is a shrub from the seasonally warm regions of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, where it grows in bright but often dappled conditions. Give it bright indirect light and let the top inch of mix dry before watering again; it tolerates a brief dry spell better than soggy roots. Average household humidity suits it well.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 10 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

13–32 °C

Soil mix

Well-draining loamy potting mix

Propagation

Stem cuttings root easily in mix

Fertilizing

Light monthly feed in the growing season

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Orange tubular blooms in bright light and warmth

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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