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Phaulopsis imbricata Sweet

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Phaulopsis

Characteristics

A herb. It has an unpleasant smell. It grows 60 cm high. The leaves are opposite and usually one leaf of the pair is larger than the other. The leaf stalks are 4 cm long. The leaves are 8 cm long by 5 cm wide. They have unequal sides at the base. The flowering groups are dense and 7 cm long by 2 cm wide. There are 3 flowers with each bract. They are white. The fruit is dry and flattened.
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Perennial herb, 0.25-0.60 m high; branches with a variable tendency to root at lower nodes, with or without woody rootstock. Leaves petiolate, broadly ovate to ovate or subelliptic, slightly to distinctly anisophyllous, acuminate to acute apex. Corolla > 8 mm long, if shorter, then plant with woody rootstock at base. Flowering time Jan.-Nov.
Dwarf shrub, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves elliptic to ovate, base unequal. Inflorescence in dense cylindrical or ovoid spikes at nodes or terminal. Anticous 2 calyx teeth linear-ligulate, acute. Flowers white or purplish.
A more or less hairy and slightly viscid herb or small undershrub 1-2 ft. high
Small white or purplish flowers in ovoid or short-cylindric spikes.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.6
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests and on the edges of woodlands.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The young leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
Uses animal food food gene source invertebrate food material medicinal
Edible leaves
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Images

Leaf

Phaulopsis imbricata leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Phaulopsis imbricata flower picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Phaulopsis imbricata world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Colombia, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Liberia, Sri Lanka, Mali, Myanmar, Mozambique, Mauritania, Malawi, Nigeria, Nepal, Réunion, Rwanda, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, eSwatini, Chad, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Viet Nam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Phaulopsis imbricata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:53010-1
WFO ID wfo-0000393137
COL ID 7793T
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 708827
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Synonyms

Aetheilema glutinosum Ruellia imbricata Ruellia brachyopoda Strobilanthes pterocaulis Aetheilema imbricatum Aetheilema longifolium Aetheilema mucronatum Aetheilema parviflorum Aetheilema reniforme Aetheilema rothii Antheilema imbricata Barleria inaequalis Micranthus longifolius Aetheilema imbricatum Phaulopsis inaequalis Phaulopsis longifolia Phaulopsis parviflora Blechum anisophyllum Aetheilema anisophyllum Aetheilema anisophyllum Aetheilema imbricatum var. minus Micranthus oppositifolius var. longifolius Micranthus imbricatus Phaulopsis imbricata subsp. imbricata Phaulopsis imbricata

Lower taxons

Phaulopsis imbricata subsp. poggei Phaulopsis imbricata subsp. madagascariensis
WorldFloraDB 2024