Leonotis ocymifolia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Lamioideae
Tribus: Leucadeae
Genus: Leonotis
Species: Leonotis ocymifolia
Varieties: L. o. var. raineriana – L. o. var. schinzii
Name

Leonotis ocymifolia (Burm.f.) Iwarsson
References

O. A. Leistner, Flora of southern Africa 28(4):35. 1985
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Leonotis ocymifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Leonotis ocymifolia, occasionally referred to as the minaret flower, is a flowering plant of the mint family, Lamiaceae. The plant is used in Ethiopian folk medicine[1] (link misleading) and found in Eastern Africa spanning from Sudan to South Africa.[2] The plant is reasonably drought-resistant and wind tolerant. Unlike the similar Leonotus leonuris, in the ocymifolia, the tubular flowers are bolder and larger.[3]
References

አማራ ጌታሁን - SOME COMMON MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS USED IN ETHIOPIAN FOLK MEDICINE March 1976 እ.ኤ.አ.
Leonotis In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile.
Lorraine (2011-03-24). "Leonotis ocymifolia". Kumbula Indigenous Nursery. Retrieved 2017-07-28.