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Justicia flava

Botanic Family

Acanthaceae

Author

(Forsskal) Vahl

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Somalia
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• streamside
• coastal
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Scrambling hairy herb with leaves 80mm x 32mm hairy both surfaces, terminal & axillary inflorescences with hairy floral leaves to 12mm long & smaller bracts, yellow-green flowers with dark red-purple veins, 5 white-hairy sepals to 3mm long, fruit a hairy capsule 8mm x 3mm

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA