Phaulopsis imbricata
| Phaulopsis imbricata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Phaulopsis |
| Species: | P. imbricata |
| Binomial name | |
| Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet | |
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Phaulopsis imbricata is a shrub native to South Africa.[1] It is also known as Himalayan Ruellia. Leaves are opposite, one larger than the other in each pair, usually asymmetrical at the base.[2] Phaulopsis imbricata is a good fodder, the young leaves are eaten as a vegetable and the plant-ash in oil is rubbed into scarifications on the back for rheumatism in Tanganyika.[3] The flowers have an unpleasant smell.[4] It is filed as near-threatened in IUCN.[5] It is one of the Larva host plants of the butterflies Great Eggfly, Tiny Grass Blue, Brown Pansy, Soldier Pansy and Marbled Elf.
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- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). [http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?submitForm=true&page_id=77&searchTextMenue=Phaulopsis+imbricata&filterRegionIDs[]=6&filterRegionIDs[]=1&filterRegionIDs[]=2&filterRegionIDs[]=3&filterRegionIDs[]=5 "Phaulopsis imbricata"]. African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
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