| Scientific Name: | Manettia luteorubra |
| Common Name: | Brazilian firecracker, candy corn vine |
| Family Name: | Rubiaceae |
| Origin: | South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 11: (above 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Vine or climber |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Container planting, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Pubescent, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Panicle, Yellow, Red, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, ovate to lanceolate-elliptic, 1-4cm long x 0.5-2(-3.5)cm wide, glossy, short pubescence; flowers tubular, ~15mm long x 7mm wide, yellow and red (resemble corn candy). | |