Justicia stachytarphetoides C.B. Clarke

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.

Photo: Warren McCleland
Rio Muacamula, Macomia District, Cabo Delgado.

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Synonyms:	Duvernoia stachytarphetoides Lindau
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect shrubby herb up to 1.5 m tall. Leaves ovate to elliptic, 4.5-15 cm long, mostly hairless or finely velvety on the midrib; petiole up to 2.5 cm long. Inflorescence branched, terminal with branches spicate, more or less densely hairy. Bracts and bracteoles lanceolate-elliptic, 4-8 mm long, densely greyish hairy.Flowers greenish-white, salmon-pink or greyish-purple; upper lip strongly hooded; lower lip deflexed, white to yellowish with pink to purple markings, deeply 3-lobed with mid-lobe broadly triangular and side lobes strap-shaped.
Type location:	Tanzania
Notes:	The location of the specimens in the images is the southernmost in the distribution of the species.
Derivation of specific name:	stachytarphetoides: resembling a Stachytarpheta (Verbenaceae), probably referring to the terminal inflorescence with spike-like branches and overlapping bracts.
Habitat:	Evergreen and semi-deciduous low-altitude forest, riverine and swamp forest.
Altitude range: (metres)	5 - 400 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
National distribution:	N,Z,MS
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Images last updated:	Thursday 11 June 2015
Literature:	Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2010). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora of Tropical East Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Pages 527 - 528. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Page 176.

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