Monechma cleomoides(S.Moore) C.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by C.B.Clarke, Justicia cleomoidesS.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ]
Related name
Justicia cleomoides
Monechma cleomoides
Flora
Entry for MONECHMA cleomoides C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
MONECHMA cleomoidesC. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Justicia cleomoidesS. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1880, 313, t. 214, fig. 2.
Information
Woody, viscous glandular hairy. Leaves 3/4 by 1/3 in., spathulate-elliptic, obtuse; petiole 0– 1/4 in. long. Flowers solitary; pedicels axillary, 1/20– 1/5 in. long. Sepals 5, 1/3 in. long, and upwards, linear. Corolla exceeding 3/4 in. long. Lower anther-cell (rather strongly) tailed; pollen ellipsoid, with 2 stopples, and one row of small tubercles on either side of each stopple. Ovary pubescent at the top; style-base hairy. Capsule 1/2 in. long, 2-seeded, hairy, stalked.
