Ruttya fruticosa Lindau

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Photo: George Rogers
Mounts Botanical Garden, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Photo: Mark Hyde
Garden of 12, Zimre Way, Mandara, Harare

Synonyms:	Ruttya scholesii Hort.
Common names:	Jammy mouth (English)
Description:	Shrub to 3 m tall. Leaves to 10 cm long, ovate to elliptic, entire. Flowers in 4-8-flowered axillary cymes; lower bracts leaf-like, upper minute. Calyx with 5 narrow triangular lobes. Corolla orange-red to bright red, bearing an extraordinary large glossy black nectariferous patch on the base of the lower lip.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	fruticosa: shrubby or becoming shrubby
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Worldwide distribution:	Native to East Africa.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Monday 22 February 2016
Literature:	Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Page 6.

Flora of Zambia: cultivated Ruttya fruticosa
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ruttya fruticosa

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ruttya fruticosa
African Plant Database: Ruttya fruticosa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ruttya fruticosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ruttya fruticosa
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iNaturalist: Ruttya fruticosa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ruttya fruticosa
JSTOR Plant Science: Ruttya fruticosa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ruttya fruticosa
Plants of the World Online: Ruttya fruticosa
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Wikipedia: Ruttya fruticosa