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Orthosiphon schimperi

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Name

Identification
Ocimum coloratum Hochst. ex Engl. [family LAMIACEAE ] Orthosiphon schimperi Benth. [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Ryding,O.,
Related name
  • Orthosiphon coloratus
  • Orthosiphon schimperi
  • Ocimum coloratum
  • Orthosiphon coloratum
  • Orthosiphon salagensis
  • Ocimum buchananii
  • Orthosiphon thymiflorus
  • Orthosiphon buchananii
  • Orthosiphon shirensis
  • Orthosiphon dissimilis
  • Orthosiphon wilmsii
  • Orthosiphon rubicundus
  • Orthosiphon viscosus
  • Ocimum gratissimum

Flora

Entry for ORTHOSIPHON schimperi Benth. [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding (Aeollanthus, Basilicum, Clinopodium, Endostemon, Fuerstia, Hoslundia, Lavandula, Leucas, Micromeria, Nepeta, Ocimum, Orthosiphon, Otostegia, Plectranthus, Renschia, Salvia, Scutellaria, Stachys, Teucrium, Tinnea) and M. Thulin (Clerodendrum, Premna, Rotheca, Vitex) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ORTHOSIPHON schimperi Benth. [family LABIATAE], (1848).
Information
Perennial herb with fleshy to woody roots, 0.4–0.5 m tall. Leaves petiolate; blade up to 60–120 × 30–70 mm, apex rounded to subacute, base cuneate to subtruncate and attenuate near the petiole, margin crenate. Fruiting calyx 6–8 mm long; upper lobe mucronate at the apex; lower lobes 2–2.5 mm long. Corolla 8–10 mm long, pink or purplish; tube c. 6 mm long; lower lip 2–4 mm long. Stamens shorter than the lower lip of the corolla. Nutlets 1–1.2 × 0.9–1.1 mm, producing mucilage when wet.
Range
S1 (Buur Heybo) widespread in tropical Africa.
Altitude range
c. 230 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA O´Brien 105.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Notes
This is perhaps not distinct from O. suffrutescens (see under this name).

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