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Adhatoda petiolaris

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Name

Identification
Adhatoda petiolaris Nees [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by C.G.D. Nees,
Related name
  • Adhatoda petiolaris
  • Justicia petiolaris
  • Justicia flava
  • Tyloglossa petiolaris

Flora

Entry for JUSTICIA petiolaris E. Meyer [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 1, (1912) Author: By C. B. CLARKE.
Names
JUSTICIA petiolaris E. Meyer [family ACANTHACEAE], in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr, Documente, 150, 196;—T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 39; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 349.
Adhatoda petiolaris Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 402.
Information
branches 12–20 in. long, more or less 4–6-angular upwards, with white deflexed hairs, glabrate below; leaves up to 5 by 2 in., acuminate at either end, decurrent on the petiole, thin, green when mature, glabrous except for a few strigose hairs on the nerves; petiole often 1–1 1/2 in. long; spikes 5 by 3/4 in., terminal, usually interrupted at the base; floral leaves oblong, with 3–1 flowers under each; bract 1/4 in. long or rather more, lanceolate; bracteoles 1/5 in. long, linear; calyx 1/5 in. long, 5-partite to the base; segments linear-lanceolate, acute; corolla 3/4 in. long, blue (Wood); one anther-cell below the other, tailed; pollen ellipsoid with 2 stopples, tubercles obsolete; pistil glabrous, except for a few scattered hairs on the style; capsule 1/3 in. long, glabrous, 4-seeded; seeds tubercular-rugose. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Pondoland; St. Johns River, under 1000 ft., Drège! Natal; without precise locality, Gerrard, 1896! Zululand; Indulindi, 1000–1800 ft., Wood, 3953!

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