Phaulopsis imbricata

Phaulopsis imbricata is a shrub native to South Africa.[2] It is also known as Himalayan ruellia. Leaves are opposite, one larger than the other in each pair, usually asymmetrical at the base.[3] 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.[4] The flowers have an unpleasant smell.[5] It is filed as near-threatened by the IUCN.[1] It is one of the larval host plants of the butterflies great eggfly, tiny grass blue, brown pansy, soldier pansy and marbled elf.

Phaulopsis imbricata

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Phaulopsis
Species:
P. imbricata
Binomial name
Phaulopsis imbricata
(Forssk.) Sweet
Synonyms
  • Aetheilema anisophyllum R.Br.
  • Aetheilema anisophyllum E.Mey. ex Nees
  • Aetheilema glutinosum Steud.
  • Aetheilema imbricatum R.Br.
  • Aetheilema imbricatum (Forssk.) Spreng.
  • Aetheilema longifolium Spreng.
  • Aetheilema mucronatum Griff.
  • Aetheilema parviflorum Spreng.
  • Aetheilema reniforme Nees
  • Aetheilema rothii Steud.
  • Antheilema imbricata Raf.
  • Barleria inaequalis Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Blechum anisophyllum Juss.
  • Phaulopsis longifolia Sims
  • Phaulopsis parviflora Willd.
  • Ruellia imbricata Forssk.

References
  1. Ghogue, J.-P. (2010). "Phaulopsis imbricata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T185412A8406478. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T185412A8406478.en. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  2. "CJB - African plant database - Detail".
  3. "Phaulopsis dorsiflora - Himalayan Ruellia".
  4. http://plants.jstor.org/upwta/1_72
  5. "Phaulopsis dorsiflora (Retz.) Santapau - Encyclopedia of Life".


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