Endostemon tereticaulis (Poir.) M.Ashby

Perennial, dwarf soft shrublet 0.2-0.5 m tall, woody below and freely branched; stems ascending, villous. Leaves shortly petiolate; blade oblanceolate to obovate, 20-28 x 5-12 mm, upper surface thinly pubescent, under-surface more densely to appressed grey-villous and freely gland-dotted, apex rounded, base cuneate, margin obscurely crenulate, occasionally revolute. Racemes semi-lax, 50-90 mm long, of several to many fairly closely placed verticils; verticils usually 6-flowered; bracts leaf-like, 8-15 mm long. Calyx subglabrous to hispid, 5-6 mm long at maturity; tube tubular; lateral teeth oblong, as long as the lower subulate pair. Corolla mauve to purple, 5 mm long.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in waste sandy places and rocky soils in the Sahel in West Africa. It can grow in arid places.

The leaves are used for flavouring when cooking meat.