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Justicia odora
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP
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| Synonyms: |
Adhatoda odora (Forssk.) Nees Dianthera odora Forssk. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrubby perennial herb, 10-100 cm tall. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, ovate or elliptic, 1-6 cm, largest leaves lower on the plant, green above, paler below, hairless to shortly hairy, particularly on the margin near the petiole, sometimes notched at the apex; margin entire; petiole up to 5 mm long. Flowers singly or in few-flowered clusters in the upper leaf axils. Corolla 2-lipped, yellow, sometimes with reddish veins in the throat; lower lip 3-lobed, up to 11 × 15.5 mm. Capsule up to 15 × 5 mm, pointed, hairless to shortly hairy. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | odora: odorous, fragrant |
| Habitat: | In dry wooded grassland, open woodland and scrub, often on stony and sandy soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1000 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Arabian Peninsula to Tanzania; Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 7 December 2007 |
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African Plant Database: Justicia odoraBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Justicia odora
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Justicia odora
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Justicia odora
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Justicia odora
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Justicia odora
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Justicia odora
JSTOR Plant Science: Justicia odora
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Justicia odora
Tropicos: Justicia odora
West African Plants database: Justicia odora
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