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Plectranthus gracillimus

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Identification
Plectranthus gracillimus (T.C.E.Fr.) Hutch. & Dandy [family LABIATAE ] (stored under name); Plectranthus tenuis Hutch. & Dandy [family LABIATAE ] Verified by J.L.W., Englerastrum gracillimum T.C.E.Fr. [family LABIATAE ] Englerastrum diffusum Alston [family LABIATAE ]
Related name
  • Englerastrum diffusum
  • Plectranthus gracillimus
  • Englerastrum gracillimum
  • Plectranthus tenuis
  • Englerastrum schlechteri
Common name
  • pen-sha-noh (FNHT) (NIGERIA, SAMBA-DAKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Information

Entry for Plectranthus gracillimus (TCE Fr.) Hubb. & Dandy [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Names
Englerastrum gracillimum TCE Fries [family LABIATAE]
Plectranthus gracillimus (TCE Fr.) Hubb. & Dandy [family LABIATAE]
Common names
NIGERIA: SAMBA-DAKA pen-sha-noh (FNHT)
Uses
Phytochemistry: insecticides, arachnicides
Description
An erect slender annual herb with blue flowers; of the soudanian zone of the Region in Mali to W Cameroons.Samba-Daka of Adamawa use the plant to disperse mosquitoes, hung up fresh or dry in houses, or burnt at night (1, 2).
References
References:1. Hepper 1302, K. 2. Hepper, 1965: 463, as Englerastrum gracillimum TCE Fries.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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