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Ruttya fruticosa

Common names: jammy mouth, rabbit ears, bunny ears, hummingbird plant, orange bird, orange dragon, monkey face, African azalea (Eng.), jembekkie (Afr.)

Family: Acanthaceae

... looks like molten lava. Ruttya fruticosa belongs to the Acanthaceae, a large family that contains about 250 genera ... is not known. Although many plants that belong in the Acanthaceae family are used as traditional medicine to treat ...

15 / 07 / 2024 | Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG

Hygrophila auriculata

Common names: marsh barbel (Eng.); kokilasha, gokulakanta, vayalchulli, neermulli (India); neeramulli (Sri Lanka); kulekhara (Bangladesh)

Family: Acanthaceae

... Index. Hygrophila is a genus of flowering plants in the Acanthaceae family, mostly found in tropical and subtropical ...

26 / 02 / 2024 | Ziphezinhle Madonsela | Lowveld NBG

Thunbergia atriplicifolia

Common names: Natal primrose (Eng.) isiphondo esincane (isiZulu)

Family: Acanthaceae

15 / 01 / 2024 | Mashudu Tshitereke | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Phaulopsis imbricata

Common names: sticky acanth (Eng.); umhlonyane (isiZulu); papleaf (The Gambia), salt of the cow (Senegal)

Family: Acanthaceae

... name name applies to Phaulopsis dorsiflora . The family Acanthaceae consists of terrestrial or aquatic herbs, shrubs ...

09 / 10 / 2023 | Bongekile Ndlovu | Pretoria NBG

Ruellia cordata

Common names: veld violet (Eng.); grasveldviooltjie (Afr.)

Family: Acanthaceae

11 / 10 / 2021 | Noko Molokomme | Pretoria NBG

Crossandra greenstockii

Common names: bushveld crossandra (Eng.) rooiblom (Afr.)

Family: Acanthaceae

26 / 07 / 2021 | Fergy Nkadimeng | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Petalidium oblongifolium

Common names: blue petalidium, blue petal-bush (Eng.); bloubos, blou-tongklapper (Afr.)

Family: Acanthaceae

13 / 04 / 2020 | Samuel Lekhetho | Free State NBG

Barleria irritans

Common names: none

Family: Acanthaceae

27 / 01 / 2020 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG

Dicliptera magaliesbergensis

Common names: none

Family: Acanthaceae

... of this species was made. Dicliptera is a member of the Acanthaceae (acanthus family), which is a family of herbs, ...

02 / 12 / 2019 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG

Barleria macrostegia

Common names: tongklapper (Afr.)

Family: Acanthaceae

12 / 08 / 2019 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG

Justicia aconitiflora

Common names: yellow pistolbush, lemon pistolbush (Eng.); geelpistoolbos, lemoenpistoolbos (Afr.)

Family: Acanthaceae

09 / 07 / 2019 | Nomama Mei | Kirstenbosch NBG

Justicia adhatodoides

Common names: pistol bush (Eng.); pistoolbos (Afr.); ihlwalane, isepheka, ihlwehlwe (Xhosa); uthabe, lothabe (Zulu)

Family: Acanthaceae

... ‘resembling Adhatoda ’ another former genus in the Acanthaceae, that contained many species of perennial herbs ... are now sections within Justicia . Justicia belongs in the Acanthaceae, a large family of over 2 000 species of mainly ...

09 / 07 / 2019 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG