Pseuderanthemum polyanthum (C.B.Clarke) Merr.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Pseuderanthemum

Characteristics

Herbs. Stems grayish, subterete, glabrescent. Petiole ca. 2.5 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate to oblong, 7-17 × (3-)4-9 cm, both surfaces glabrous, secondary veins 7-9 on each side of midvein, base cuneate and decurrent onto petiole, margin entire, apex acute. Thyrses 5-12 cm; bracts triangular, 3.5-4 × ca. 1.5 mm; bracteoles ca. 2 × 0.5 mm. Pedicel 1.5-2.5 mm. Calyx ca. 1 cm; lobes lanceolate. Corolla bluish purple; tube 3-3.5 cm; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes oblong and ca. 1.5 × 0.6 cm; upper lip 2-lobed, lobes ca. 11 × 3 mm. Staminal filaments short, distinct, inserted at throat. Ovary pilose; style basally pilose; stigma spherical. Capsule clavate, ca. 2.5 cm, pubescent. Seeds ovate in outline, ca. 3 × 3 mm, verrucose, glabrous. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Aug.
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A herb. The stems are grey. The leaves are broadly oval and 7-17 cm long by 4-9 cm wide. The flowers are in groups 5-12 cm long. The flowers are tube shaped and bluish purple. The tube is 3-4 cm long and the lower lip has 3 lobes.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests and thickets between 300-1,600 m above sea level in southern China. In XTBG Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Uses medicinal
Edible flowers
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Distribution

Pseuderanthemum polyanthum world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:53315-1
WFO ID wfo-0001041442
COL ID 4NMR6
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Synonyms

Eranthemum polyanthum Pseuderanthemum polyanthum