About Papleaf
Phaulopsis imbricata is a shrub native to South Africa. 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.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Phaulopsis imbricata
- Genus
- Phaulopsis
- Family
- ACANTHACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and deciduous forests, also in plains
- Native to
- Africa
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, India, Indo-China, West China
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-March
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Papleaf belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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