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Adhatoda rotundifolia

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Name

Identification
Justicia protracta (Nees) T.Anders. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Adhatoda rotundifolia Nees [family ACANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Justicia rotundifolia
  • Adhatoda rotundifolia
  • Justicia protracta

Flora

Entry for JUSTICIA rotundifolia 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 rotundifolia E. Meyer [family ACANTHACEAE], in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 154, 196;—T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 41.
Adhatoda rotundifolia Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 391.
Information
branches 9 in. long, weak, slightly pubescent; internodes up to 1 1/2 in. long; leaves 2/3 by 1/2 in., ovate, obtuse, thin, pubescent, ultimately glabrate; petiole 0– 1/6 in. long; flowers few, remotely scattered, solitary or 2 together, axillary; calyx-segments scarcely 1/6 in. long, linear; corolla nearly 1/2 in. long; one anther-cell below the other, tailed; pistil glabrate, except for a few minute hairs in the lower part of the style; capsule unknown. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Pondoland or Natal; between Umtentu River and Umzimkulu River, under 500 ft., Drège!
Notes
Only one fragment was seen by Nees and T. Anderson. It differs from J. pulegioides, E. Meyer, in the weak stems and very thin leaves.

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