Justicia extensa T.Anderson

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Justicia

Characteristics

Small pale green pink-purple-spotted flowers ¼ in. long in short-branched tawny-pubescent terminal inflorescences up to 1 ft. long.
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Herbaceous undershrub up to 10 ft. high, sometimes climbing
Densely pubescent on the young stems
A creeper. It grows 3 m tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.02
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in forest.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal poison
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Justicia extensa world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50703-1
WFO ID wfo-0000354448
COL ID 7VZR9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Justicia obanensis Ecbolium extensum Duvernoia dewevrei Duvernoia extensa Duvernoia stuhlmannii Justicia talbotii Justicia thyrsiflora Justicia extensa