Phaulopsis imbricata

Phaulopsis imbricata
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
Synonyms

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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