Justicia salvioides
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Habit
Margins of Itigi Thicket
Nsumbu National Park; Nsama Distr.
Jun 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Margins of Itigi Thicket
Nsumbu National Park; Nsama Distr.
Jun 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Margins of Itigi Thicket
Nsumbu National Park; Nsama Distr.
Jun 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Duvernoia saviiflora Lindau Justicia salviiflora (Lindau) C.B. Clark |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | rare |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Much branched erect shrub or shrubby herb up to 4 m tall; leaves often absent at time of flowering, glabrous, lamina ovate to elliptic, 4-5 x 1.5-2.5 cm; flowers solitary in racemiform cymes congested into large terminal panicles 10-30 cm long sticky to the touch; calyx 8-10 mm; corolla white with purple markings on lower lip and pink on the outside of the tube, 2.7-3.1 cm long; capsule 2.8-3.4 cm long; seeds kidney-shaped, not compressed, smooth, c. 5 x 6 mm. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | salvioides: resembling Salvia |
| Habitat: | Deciduous thicket (muteshe and itigi) on grey clay soil |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 750 - 950 m |
| Flowering time: | May - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania and Zambia |
| FZ divisions: | N |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Data deficient |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 6 July 2021 |
| Literature: |
Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 172 - 174. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Justicia salvioidesAfrican Plant Database: Justicia salvioides
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Justicia salvioides
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Justicia salvioides
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Justicia salvioides
JSTOR Plant Science: Justicia salvioides
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Justicia salvioides
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