7191.010 Rotheca Raf.
Clarke, H. & Charters, M. (ed. Moll, E.) (2016) The Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names Jacana Media, South Africa
Fernandes, R.B. & Verdcourt, B. (2000) Rotheca (Lamiacae) Revived: More New Combinations Kew Bulletin 55(1) 147-154
Description of the genus
Suffrutices, shrubs or small trees. Leaves usually in whorls. Inflorescence a usually lax cyme. Calyx often red or purple, lobed to half its length or less, with 4-6 lobes. Flower bud markedly asymmetric; corolla expanding abruptly on lower side only; anterior corolla lobe frequently much larger than the other 4. Corolla pale to deep blue, occasionally white or yellow. Anthers usually basifixed. Stigma lobes frequently unequal.
Fruit a 4-lobed or -furrowed drupe with 4 pyrenes. Derivation of name: Latinised version of tsjerou-Theka, a Malayalam name meaning "little teak" Worldwide: c. 35 species in tropical and southern Africa Caprivi: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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myricoides (Hochst.) D.A. Steane & Mabb. | Description, Image |
violacea (Gürke) Verdc. subsp. violacea | |
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