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Justicia sansibarensis

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Justicia sansibarensis Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] Justicia capensis Thunb. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name);
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Flora

Entry for Justicia sansibarensis Lindau [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
Justicia sansibarensis Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 71. —Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 373.
Information
Stout shrub; branches pubescent. Leaves up to 2 1/4 by 1 in., ovate, obtuse, when mature glabrous; petiole 1/2 in. long; upper leaves scarcely 1 in. long, subsessile, round elliptic, passing into small round floral leaves. Flowers 3–1 in each axil; bracts and bracteoles minute or 0. Calyx 1/5 in. long. Corolla 2/3 in. long. One anther-cell lower than the other, spurred. Capsule 1/2 in. long, 4-seeded, glabrous; stalk short; seeds tubercular-scabrous.
Distribution
Zanzibar Mozamb. Dist. Hildebrandt, 983!German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Hannington!

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