Distribution Map

Ecbolium glabratum

                   
           
(Ecbolium amplexicaule)

Acanthaceae Acanthoideae Justicieae Tetrameriinae

As at April 2024, 7 herbarium specimens, 8 photo records

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

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Ecbolium amplexicaule - Erect shrub, almost hairless. Leaves opposite, slightly clasping stem at base, almost stalkless, oval, blunt, up to 6 cm long x 3 cm wide. Inflorescence terminal; bracts broad, leaf-like, overlapping. Calyx deeply five-cleft, lobes unequal, narrow. Corolla blue, two-lipped, downy, tube cylindrical, up to 3 cm long, lobes up to 1,2 cm long, upper lip notched, lower deeply three-lobed, lobes broad. Stamens two, protruding, anthers two-chambered. Ovary two-chambered with two ovules in each chamber. Fruit stalked, two-seeded. Seeds narrowly winged.

* 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.