Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth is a plant in the Acanthaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth

Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth

Blepharis maderaspatensis is a scrambling perennial herb native to Africa, Arabia, and tropical Asia.

Family
Genus
Blepharis
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth

Blepharis maderaspatensis is a scrambling, suffrutescent perennial herb. Its stems can reach up to 2.5 meters in height. At each node, it grows four whorled, hairy, elliptic leaves that measure 2–9(–12.5) cm long and 0.8–3.5(–5) cm wide. It produces axillary spike inflorescences, with clustered white flowers that are half an inch long. This species is native to continental Africa, Arabia, and tropical Asia, including the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Hainan, China.

Photo: (c) Tony Benn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tony Benn · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Acanthaceae Blepharis

More from Acanthaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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