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Justicia triflora

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Identification
Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. and Schult. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Justicia triflora Forssk. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
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Flora

Entry for HYPOESTES triflora Roem. et Schult. [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
HYPOESTES triflora Roem. et Schult. [family ACANTHACEAE], Syst. i. 141;—Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 506; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 50; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 333; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 557, and in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 247.
Justicia triflora Forsk. [family ACANTHACEAE], Fl. Ægypt.-Arab. 4.
Information
more or less hairy, stems 1–3 ft. long; leaves 2 1/2 by 1 in. (or often smaller), ovate, narrowed at either end; petioles 1/4– 1/3 in. long; spikelets 5 or fewer (often 3) together in scattered heads, sometimes solitary, mostly 1-flowered; 2 outer bracts free, 1/3– 1/2 by 1/8– 1/6 in., narrowly obovate-oblong, subobtuse; corolla 3/4 in. in total length; capsule nearly 1/2 in. long, glabrous, 4-seeded. null
Range
Frequent in Tropical Africa and India.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Bazeia, 2500 ft., Baur, 109! Griqualand East; Umzimkulu district, in Enyembi woods, 5000 ft., Tyson, 2547! Natal; Mount West, 5200 ft., Schlechter, 6829! Polela District, Fourcade in Wood Herb. 4282!

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