Justicia matammensis (Schweinf.) Oliv.

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Near parkhome offices, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa national Park.

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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park

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Synonyms:	Adhatoda matammensis Schweinf.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Straggling or creeping annual herb, up to 40 cm high. Stems erect or decumbent, rooting at the lower nodes, densely covered in spreading hairs. Leaves more or less broadly lanceolate, more or less hairy, often more so along the margins and on the veins. Inflorescences axillary, spike-like, usually 2 per node, 4-9-flowered. Corolla c. 4 mm long, white with purple or maroon lines on the lip.
Notes:	See Justicia exigua and Justicia anagalloides for comparison.
Derivation of specific name:	matammensis: of Matamma, an area on Sudanese-Ethiopian border, where the type specimen was found.
Habitat:	In wooded areas, particularly in disturbed soils.
Altitude range:	30 - 1900 m
Flowering time:	Throughout the year
Worldwide distribution:	Burundi, NE DRC, CAR, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Limpopo and Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	T,MS
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 8 June 2010
Literature:	Champluvier, D. (1985). Acanthaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Page 468. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 19. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 194 - 195. 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. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 16. (Includes a picture). 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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