Hyptis atrorubensPoit. [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Hyptis tenellaBriq. [family LAMIACEAE ] Verified by Epling,
Related name
Hyptis tepoensis
Hyptis atrorubens
Ballota repens
Micromeria unrecorded
Hyptis tenella
Common name
wild mint (Trinidad, Wong)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
goŋgoa (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
opóte (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, PEPEL), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
embínzé (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, BALANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for HYPTIS atrorubens Poit. [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 5, page 332, (1900) Author: (by J. G. Baker)
Names
HYPTIS atrorubensPoit. [family LABIATAE], Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 108. —Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 489.
Information
A perennial, with a slender stem, creeping and rooting at the base, ascending and pubescent upwards. Leaves small, petioled, ovate, crenate, slightly hairy. Flowers in globose heads 1/2 in. diam., on short peduncles from the upper nodes. Calyx 1/6 in. long; tube oblong; teeth subulate, shorter than the tube. Corolla white, dotted with red.
Range
Also in Tropical America.
Distribution
Senegambia Upper Guinea Heudelot, 922!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Kicham on the River Scarcies, Scott-Elliot, 4343! and without precise locality, Morson!
