Phaulopsis imbricata

Phaulopsis imbricata
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Phaulopsis
Species:	P. imbricata
Binomial name
Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet
Synonyms
Aetheilema anisophyllum R.Br. Aetheilema anisophyllum E.Mey. ex Nees Aetheilema glutinosum Steud. Aetheilema imbricatum R.Br. Aetheilema imbricatum (Forssk.) Spreng. Aetheilema longifolium Spreng. Aetheilema mucronatum Griff. Aetheilema parviflorum Spreng. Aetheilema reniforme Nees Aetheilema rothii Steud. Antheilema imbricata Raf. Barleria inaequalis Hochst. ex A.Rich. Blechum anisophyllum Juss. Phaulopsis longifolia Sims Phaulopsis parviflora Willd. Ruellia imbricata Forssk.

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.

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