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Orthosiphon suffrutescens

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Name

Identification
Orthosiphon suffrutescens (Schumach.) J.K. Morton [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Ocymum suffrutescens Schumach. [family LAMIACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Orthosiphon chevalieri
  • Orthosiphon coloratus
  • Endostemon friiisii
  • Orthosiphon glabratus
  • Orthosiphon suffrutescens
  • Orthosiphon calaminthoides
  • Endostemon kelleri
  • Orthosiphon thymiflorus
  • Plectranthus unrecorded
  • Orthosiphon tenuifrons
  • Orthosiphon somalensis
  • Orthosiphon inconcinnus
  • Ocimum inodorum
  • Plectranthus bolusii
  • Orthosiphon wilmsii
  • Orthosiphon hildebrandtii
  • Ocymum suffrutescens
  • Orthosiphon australis
Common name
  • bekonor (AS Thomas) (GHANA, ADANGME-KROBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for ORTHOSIPHON suffrutescens (Schumach.) J.K. Morton [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 suffrutescens (Schumach.) J.K. Morton [family LABIATAE], (1962);
Ocimum suffrutescens Schumach. [family LABIATAE], (1829). [type as above]
Ocimum mollis Baker [family LABIATAE], (1895), as " O. molle ";. type: N1, “Golis” range, Lort Phillips s.n. (K holo.).
Ocimum buryi S. Moore [family LABIATAE], (1907);. type: N1, Berbera, Bury 18 (BM holo.).
Ocimum somalensis Vatke [family LABIATAE], (1881);. type: N2, near “Meid”, Mt “Serrut”, Hildebrandt 1428 (B holo. destr., BM W iso.).
Ocimum calaminthoides Baker [family LABIATAE], (1895);. type: N1, “Golis” range, Lort Phillips s.n. (K holo.).
Information
Herb with a woody base or subshrub, up to 0.2–1 m tall, slightly or densely pubescent. Leaves petiolate; blade ovate, elliptic or oblong, up to 28–40 × 14–30 mm, apex rounded, obtuse or acute, margin crenate-dentate. Fruiting calyx 5–7 mm long; upper lobe ± mucronate at apex; lower lobes 2–4 mm long. Corolla 7–12 mm long, blue, violet, pink or rarely white; tube 6–7 mm long; lower lip 2–4 mm long. Stamens shorter than the lower lip of the corolla. Nutlets c. 1.1 × 0.8 mm, producing mucilage when wet.
Range
N1, 2 widespread in tropical and southern Africa and tropical Asia.
Altitude range
1000–2000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally 11671; Lavranos 9090; Hansen & al. 6417.
Notes
It is sometimes stated that Ocimum suffrutescens was described by Thonning, but according to Hepper, The West African Herbaria of Isert and Thonning (1976), it was described by Schumacher. Orthosiphon suffrutescens is perhaps not distinct from O. schimperi and the Asiatic O. rubicundus (D. Don) Benth., and if this is the case, the species should be known under the latter name.

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