Oftia revoluta Bocq. ex Baill.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Oftia

Characteristics

Woody shrub, up to 1.5 m tall, branches ascending, with leaves. Leaves closely overlapping in 4 rows, broadly lanceolate, glandular-pubescent, margins revolute, with down-turned teeth, base running into ridges down stem. Flowers in axils of upper leaves, tubular with small rounded lobes, white. Fruit a round drupe.
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Distribution

Oftia revoluta world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:585335-1
WFO ID wfo-0001085088
COL ID 48YNY
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Synonyms

Oftia revoluta Spielmannia revoluta