Justicia odora (Forssk.) Lam.

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Justicia odora

Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP

Justicia odora

Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP

Justicia odora

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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Images last updated: Friday 7 December 2007
Literature:

Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 195 - 197. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 14.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 18.


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Justicia odora.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=154520, retrieved 28 March 2024

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