Asystasia vogeliana Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Asystasia

Characteristics

A small straggling shrub. It grows 80 cm tall. The leaves are about 18 cm long by 7 cm wide. They are narrowed at both ends. The flowers are in groups at the ends of branches. The flowering groups are 15-45 cm long. The fruit are capsules 3-4 cm long.
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Tubular pale lilac or bluish flowers 2-21/2 in. long in a terminal compound lax inflorescence.
A weak more or less straggling undershrub
Life form perennial
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Mature height (meter) 0.8
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A tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Edible leaves
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Distribution

Asystasia vogeliana world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:45812-1
WFO ID wfo-0000555273
COL ID 5W7HM
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Synonyms

Asystasia vogeliana Asystasia kalantha Asystasia longituba