Becium obovatum N.E.Br.

2as
The New York Botanical Garden and
National Museum, Bloemfontein
NYBG / MRL Floristic & Phytochemical Survey
Lamiaceae
Becium obovatum (E.Mey. ex Benth.) N.E.Br. subsp.
determined by: P.C. Zietsman: 1999
Herb; 15cm, stems; annual, woody rootstock; perennial, flower; purple & white, upper
lip frilly, common, native.
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Lydenburg. Ohrigstad Dam Nat. Res., ±40km from
Lydenburg on the road to Pilgrim's Rest: 24°56'113"S, 30°37837'E
North Eastern mountain grassland, mountain slope, soil; rocky, well-drained, clay,
shale, full sun, slope; <15° gentle, E, recently burned.
Phytochemical Sample Codes:
3967a PL(Z-225)
P.C. Zietsman 3967 with T. Peyper, P. Avenant,
E. v/d Walt
24-NOV-99
00764704