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Ocimum punctatum

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Name

Identification
Ocimum punctatum L.f. [family LAMIACEAE ] Plectranthus punctatum (L.f.) L'Hér. [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Becium obovatum
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Flora

Entry for Ocimum punctatum Baker [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 5, page 332, (1900) Author: (by J. G. Baker)
Names
Ocimum punctatum Baker [family LABIATAE]
Information
Perennial. Stems short, erect, very hairy. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong, subentire, very hairy, cuneate at the base, 1 1/2 in. long. Racemes short, dense; rhachis hairy; pedicels very short; bracts minute. Flower-calyx hairy, 1/4 in. long; upper lip about as long as the tube; lower cusps large. Corolla tube as long as the calyx; lips large. Stamens much exserted; upper filaments with a tuft of hairs near the base.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Lower plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, Thomson!

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