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Adhatoda protracta

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Name

Identification
Adhatoda protracta (Nees) Nees [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Nees s.d.,
Related name
  • Justicia pulegioides
  • Adhatoda protracta
  • Gendarussa protracta
  • Justicia protracta

Flora

Entry for JUSTICIA mutica C. B. Clarke [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 mutica C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Adhatoda protracta Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 392 partly.
Information
persistently hairy; branches 10–20 in. long; internodes 1–2 in. long; leaves 1 1/4 by 3/4 in., ovate; petiole up to 1/4 in. long; flowers axillary, scattered, solitary; calyx-segments exceeding 1/4 in. in length, linear; corolla 1/2– 2/3 in. long; anther-cells at nearly equal height, muticous or most obscurely tailed at the base; pollen ellipsoid with 2 stopples and 1 row of tubercles on either side of each stopple; ovary glabrous; style thinly hairy; capsule 1/3 by 1/6 in., 4-seeded. null
Distribution
COAST REGION in wooded situations in Uitenhage and Albany Divs., Bowie!
Notes
The anther-cells are not those of the genus Justicia: the larger calyx, capsule and leaves also do not agree with any example of J. pulegioides.

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