Whitfieldia elongata (P.Beauv.) De Wild. & T.Durand

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Whitfieldia

Characteristics

A herb or shrub. It tends to lie over. It can grow 5 m tall. The leaves are dark green above and more pale underneath. The flowers are white.
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Nearly glabrous undershrub, erect, several feet high, or straggling and half-scandent with pith in the stems, constricted nodes
Conspicuous white flowers 2-3 in. long, with petaloid calyx, in terminal panicles.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. In Ethiopia it grows between 600-1,600 m above sea level.
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Rainforests.
Light 1-6
Soil humidity 5-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses dye environmental use material medicinal
Edible fruits nectars nuts
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Whitfieldia elongata world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:56555-1
WFO ID wfo-0000427683
COL ID 5BY8G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 910828
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Synonyms

Whitfieldia elongata Ruellia longiflora Ruellia elongata Whitfieldia longifolia Whitfieldia longiflora Whitfieldia perglabra Whitfieldia subviridis Whitfieldia tanganyikensis Whitfieldia longifolia var. perglabra