| Phaulopsis imbricata | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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Phaulopsis imbricata is a shrub native to South Africa. It is also known as Himalayan ruellia. Leaves are opposite, one larger than the other in each pair, usually asymmetrical at the base. 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. The flowers have an unpleasant smell. It is filed as near-threatened by the IUCN. It is one of the larval host plants of the butterflies great eggfly, tiny grass blue, brown pansy, soldier pansy and marbled elf.
References
- ^ 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 20 November 2021.
- "CJB - African plant database - Detail".
- "Phaulopsis dorsiflora - Himalayan Ruellia".
- "Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet [family ACANTHACEAE]".
- "Phaulopsis dorsiflora (Retz.) Santapau - Encyclopedia of Life".
External links
Media related to Phaulopsis imbricata at Wikimedia Commons
- Where seen
- Photos
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Phaulopsis imbricata". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Phaulopsis imbricata | |
| Ruellia imbricata | |
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