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Justicia flava - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Justicia flava - Inflorescence close-up - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence close-up; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Justicia flava - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Justicia flava - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 942
Date of entry: 03.10.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Yellow justicia

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2595)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)

      Order: Scrophulariales (98)

        Family: Acanthaceae (25)(family description)

          Genus: Justicia (3)

            Epithet: flava D.N.Gibson (3)

Synonym: Adhatoda fasciata Nees

fasciata => fasciated

flava => pure yellow

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

Check for Justicia flava at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.

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