EPPO Global Database

Tradescantia pallida(TRAPA)

Overview
Code created in: 2015-10-29

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: TRAPA
  • Preferred name: Tradescantia pallida
  • Authority: (Rose) Hunt

Notes

Mexico. Cultivated as a garden ornamental or houseplant. Introduced in Mediterranean, Tchad, Bangladesh, Indochina, China, USA, Central America, Caribbean, South America (Peru to Argentina)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Setcreasea pallida Rose
Setcreasea purpurea Boom

Common names
Name Language
purple heart English
purple queen English
purple secretia English
spider lily English
spiderwort English
mexikanische Dreimasterblume German
misère pourpre French
amor de hombre Spanish
pollo morado Spanish
purpurina Spanish
tradescantia purpúrea Spanish
erba miseria Italian
wandelende jood Dutch
coração-roxo Portuguese
trapoeraba Portuguese
trapoerabão Portuguese
trapoeraba-roxa Portuguese
purpurblad Swedish
murasakigoten Japanese
papuruhato Japanese
setokureasea Japanese
セトクレアセア Japanese
パープルハート Japanese
ムラサキゴテン Japanese
традесканция паллида Russian
mor telgrafçiçeği Turkish
setkrezja purpurowa Polish
trzykrotka purpurowa Polish
bíbor pletyka Hungarian
лилаво сърце Bulgarian
традесканция Bulgarian
sobni puzavac Croatian
podenka Czech
τηλέγραφος Greek