Salvia coccinea
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Description
Slender herb, 0.5-1 m.
Leaves membranaceous, ovate or deltoid-ovate, 2.5-3.5 by 1.5-2.5 cm, acute, base truncate or cordate, margin crenate or serrate;
Flowers 6-10 in a verticillaster.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa); Malaya; Philippines (Philippines); Sumatera (Sumatera), E. New Guinea, Luzon, N. Celebes, New Caledonia present, Pacific Islands present, Penang, Sibolangit, tropical America
Native of tropical America, cultivated in the tropics and occasionally escaping from cultivation; in Malesia found naturalized in Malaya (also Penang), Sumatra (Sibolangit), Java, N. Celebes, Philippines (Luzon), and E. New Guinea; also in New Caledonia and other Pacific islands.
Citation
BACK. 1934: Onkr. Suiker.: 561
KENG 1969: p. 162. – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: f. 29 a-c.
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 148
EPLING 1938 – In: Fedde, Rep. Beih. 110: 133
JACQ. 1786 – In: Coll.: 302
BUYS-MAN 1914 – In: Flora: 215
HASSK. 1848: Pl. Jav. Rar.: 481
O.K. 1891 – In: Rev. Gen. Pl.: 530
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 628
BRUGGEMAN 1939: Ind. Tuinb.: 148
MANSFELD 1929 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 378
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 628
DEN BERGER 1917: p. 101. – In: Trop. Natuur: f. 1
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 655
PRAIN 1907 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 712
GRAY 1973: Atlas: t. 532