Mackaya bella
Common name
Asystasia, Forest bell bush
Family
Acanthaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
Violet/Purple, White
Life cycle
In narrow almost woody capsules seeeds spread through wind dispersal, water and gravity, reproduction also through vegetative spread, by layering and detachment
Year naturalised
1991
Reason for introduction
Horticultural.