Justicia glabra J.Koenig ex Roxb.

  • Filed As

    Acanthaceae
    Justicia glabra J.Koenig ex Roxb.

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. S. Tanner 1096, 22 Oct 1952

  • Location

    Tanzania. Lake Province Solima Parish, Nassa Chiefdom, Mwanza District.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 05033420

    Occurrence ID: 5c137037-af6b-4598-8110-e571eec7bcf5

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Tanzania

  • Locality

    Lake Province Solima Parish, Nassa Chiefdom, Mwanza District

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1189 m. (3901 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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Determined at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
Herbarium of the University of California
Tanner 1096
Vernacular name: Kisukuma: Digwanoni
Uses: Sukumat for attacks of boils r green
leaves pounded up, mixed with butter, put
on hot iron and then put >on boils as
a plaster«
Herbarium of the University of California
TANGANYIKA, AFRICA
Lake Province
Justicia glabra Roxb*
On hard stony soil in shade in thick cover*
Shrub (?) to 5 feet tall, erect, branched,
thornless, the sap colourless; stem green,
pubescent; leaves dark green; flowers
white, odorless, both flowers and leaves
sparse*	Altitude	3900 feet
Parish,	Chiefdom,	Mwanza	District
8L E. S- Tanner 1096	22	October	1952
05033420