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Internal ID UUID64400baa4615b875974202
Scientific name Asystasia mysurensis
Authority T.Anderson
First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 524 (1867)

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Asystasia mysorensis is a type of edible plant that belongs to the Acanthaceae family and is commonly found in Africa. It is primarily used as a leafy vegetable for human consumption and as fodder for animals.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Adhatoda rostellaria var. humilis Nees
Adhatoda rostrata Hochst. ex Oliv. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29(3): 131. 1875 [11 Sep 1875]
Asystasia rostrata Solms ex Lindau Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22(1): 118. Nov 1895; et in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C (1895) 370.
Asystasia schimperi var. grantii C.B.Clarke Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 135 1899
Glossochilus parviflorus Hutch. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 186 (1909)
Ruellia mysurensis Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. : 303 (1821)

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- Introduced
- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000555226
Tropicos 50218289
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:45766-1
The Plant List kew-2664361
Open Tree Of Life 6076379
NCBI Taxonomy 2511951
IPNI 45766-1
iNaturalist 580782
GBIF 7628576
Freebase /m/02qj75y
EOL 6927401
Wikipedia Asystasia_mysorensis

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Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Evaluation of nutritional value of Asystasia mysorensis and Sesamum angustifolia and their potential contribution to human health Maina EG, Madivoli ES, Ouma JA, Ogilo JK, Kenya JM Food Sci Nutr 15-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6593372
doi:10.1002/fsn3.1064
PMID:31289666
Wild edible plants used by communities in and around selected forest reserves of Teso-Karamoja region, Uganda Ojelel S, Mucunguzi P, Katuura E, Kakudidi EK, Namaganda M, Kalema J J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 09-Jan-2019
PMCID:PMC6327394
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0278-8
PMID:30626418
Wild edible plant species utilized by a subsistence farming community in Obalanga sub-county, Amuria district, Uganda Ojelel S, Kakudidi EK J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 10-Feb-2015
PMCID:PMC4429352
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-11-7
PMID:25971428

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