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Acanthaceae Justicia carnea Hooker

Acanthaceae Justicia carnea
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Species information

Interest
Justicia - honour of James Justice (fl. 1730-1763), 18th century Scottish Horticulturalist.

Specimen information

Collection Date
12/06/2001

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, S.Cable & D. Jules

Specimen Number
469

Location
On nature trail near falls.

Notes
Sub-shrub 1.5m tall, woody at base, cystoliths on stem nodes and leaves. STEM: swelling above nodes. BARK: green-brown, thin. LEAVES: US midrib, sec. and tertiary nerves impressed; LS all nerves prominant. FLOWERS: red.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.050000 N   Longitude: 61.430000 W   Altitude: 170