
Acanthaceae FAMILY
Justicia pectoralis
Justicia pectoralis
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitPerennial
Growth—
The plant is sweetly fragrant[1]
Propagation
Seed - Division of the rooted stems Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Justicia+pectoralis>
Pollinators
Insects
References
- [1]Acanthaceae of Bolivia — Wasshausen D.C. & Wood J.R.I · National Museum of Natural History; Washington · 2004 ↩︎A treatment of all the Acanthaceae in Bolivia
- [2]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 65 — Missouri Botanical Garden · 1978 ↩︎An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains parts of the Flora of Panama.
- [3]The Acanthaceae of Colombia — Leonard E.C. · Smithsonian Institution; Washington · 1958 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A botanical journal, this edition is devoted to a treatment of the Acanthaceae of Colombia. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [4]Medicinal Plants of the Guianas — DeFilipps, R. A.; Maina, S. L.; & Crepin, J. · Smithsonian Museum · http://botany.si.edu/bdg/medicinal/index.html ↩︎A down-loadable PDF document of a book in pre-publication awaiting illustration. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region