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Justicia betonica

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Name

Identification
Justicia betonica L. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Henry Trimen, Justicia betonica L. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by William Thomas Stearn,
Related name
  • Justicia andongensis
  • Justicia betonica
  • Justicia gossweileri
  • Justicia unrecorded
  • Justicia trinervia
  • Justicia pallidior
  • Adhatoda [theirifolia]
  • Justicia debilis
  • Justicia lolioides
  • Justicia ruwenzoriensis
  • Monechma lolioides
  • Justicia lupulina
  • Justicia cheiranthifolia
  • Adhatoda lupulina
  • Gendarussa variegata
  • Adhatoda variegata
  • Adhatoda betonica
  • Justicia betonicoides

Flora

Entry for JUSTICIA Betonica Linn. [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 Betonica Linn. [family ACANTHACEAE], Sp. Pl. 15;—T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 38; C. B. Clarke in. Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 184.
JUSTICIA lupulina E. Meyer var. a [family ACANTHACEAE], in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 144, 195.
Adhatoda Betonica Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 103, and in DC. Prod. xi. 385.
Dicliptera lupulina Presl [family ACANTHACEAE], Bot. Bemerk. 95.
Nicoteba Betonica Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 56, 63, t. 2, fig. 56, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 329, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370.
Information
a nearly glabrous shrub; leaves 2–3 by 2/3–1 in., ovate-lanceolate, base acuminate; petiole 1/4 in. or more; spikes 3–4 by 3/4 in., terminal, strobilate; bracts somewhat 4-ranked 1/2 by 1/3 in., ovate, acute, white, green-veined; bracteoles 1/3 by 1/4 in., similar to the bracts; calyx 1/6 in. long, divided nearly to the base; segments 5, lanceolate, subulate, densely viscous-pubescent; corolla 1/2 in. long, white with rose spots; one anther-cell below the other, long-tailed; ovary glabrous below, the top hispid; style thinly hairy; capsule 1/2 by 1/5 in., 4-seeded, clavate, pubescent nearly to the base; seeds rugose. null
Range
A frequent plant in India and Malaya; 1 example also from Mozambique seen.
Distribution
COAST REGION Albany Div.; Great Fish River, Masson! King Williamstown Div.; between Buffalo River and Kei River, 1000–2000 ft., Drège! Komgha Div.; Komgha, 2000 ft., Flanagan, 670!

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