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Orthosiphon rubicundus

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Identification
Orthosiphon coloratus Vatke [family LAMIACEAE ] Orthosiphon rubicundus (D.Don) Benth. [family LAMIACEAE ] Verified by Ayobangira, Orthosiphon scedastophyllus A.J.Paton [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Paton,A.J.,
Related name
  • Orthosiphon coloratus
  • Plectranthus rubicundus
  • Orthosiphon schimperi
  • Orthosiphon scedastophyllus
  • Plectranthus virgatus
  • Orthosiphon usambarensis
  • Ocimum affine
  • Ocimum coloratum
  • Ocimum buchananii
  • Orthosiphon xylorrhyzus
  • Orthosiphon thymiflorus
  • Orthosiphon sp.
  • Orthosiphon shirensis
  • `shirensis
  • Orthosiphon lanceolatus
  • Orthosiphon liebrechtsianum
  • Orthosiphon atacorensensis
  • Orthosiphon rubicundus
  • Ocimum tuberosum
  • Orthosiphon virgatus

Flora

Entry for Orthosiphon rubicundus [family LAMIACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Orthosiphon rubicundus [family LAMIACEAE]
Common names
Plectranthus rubicundus D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 116 (1825). Lumnitzera rubicunda (D. Don) Spreng., Syst. 4, cur. post.: 223 (1827).
Information
Perennial herb with 1—several stems 0,25—0,6 m long arising from a woody or tuberous rootstock; stems simple or spar­ingly branched, glabrous to pilose. Leaves sessile to shortly petiolate; blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 35-80 X 18-40 mm, glabrous to sparingly pubescent, lower surface with scattered yellowish gland-dots, apex acute to obtuse, base cuneate to obtuse, margin coarsely crenate-dentate mainly in the upper two-thirds; petiole 0—3 mm long. Inflorescence usually simple, 50—200 mm long; verticils 4—6-flowered, 5 — 15 mm apart; bracts broadly ovate, acuminate, 2,5—3 mm long. Calyx 8—9 mm long at fruiting stage, pubescent. Corolla white to mauve; tube 6 mm long, straight; upper lip erect, 3,5 mm long; lower lip concave, 4 mm long. Stamens exserted from the throat by 2 mm; upper 2 filaments attached 1 — 1,5 mm from the throat, glabrous. Stigma thickened, minutely bifid.
Habitat
Several tropical African synonyms are listed by Ashby, I.e.
Use
2. Orthosiphon rubicundus (D. Don) Benth. in Wall., PI. As. Rar. 2: 14 (1831); Lab. 26 (1832); in DC, Prodr. 12: 51 (1848); Hook, f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 614 (1885); Ashby in J. Bot., Lond. 76: 41 (1938); Morton in J. Linn. Soc, Bot. 58: 239 (1962); in F.W.T.A. edn 2, 2: 454 (1963); Codd in Bothalia 8: 152 (1962); Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flow. 648 (1974). Type: India, Nepal, Wallich (BM).
Range
Widespread from China and India, throughout tropical Africa, and reaching its southernmost limit in northern Transvaal; in grassy places in fairly dense woodland. Map 131.

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