Distribution Map

Rotheca hirsuta

                   
                   
                                                   
sigibanyongo
(Clerodendrum triphyllum var. triphyllum)
(Clerodendrum triphyllum)

Lamiaceae Ajugoideae  

As at April 2024, 36 herbarium specimens, 38 photo records, 1 visual observation

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Mlawula Malolotja
Medicinal

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Clerodendrum triphyllum - Occasionally small shrub, more usu­ally with erect unbranched stems rising to c 50 cm high from woody rootstock, thinly downy throughout. Leaves mostly in threes, stalkless; blades oblong to oval, up to 5 cm long x 1 cm wide, margins entire, rough. Flowers in slender loose few-flowered inflorescences in axils of most leaves. Calyx c 6 mm long, lobes pointed; corolla lobes unequal. two-lipped, up to 1,5 cm long, bright blue or violet..

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.