Pycnostachys speciosa
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Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa cultivated), Tropical Africa
Native of tropical Africa; cultivated in Java as a garden ornamental.
Notes
I have not seen material from Java to which BACKER refers. In his description he said that the leaves are linear-lanceolate, tapering towards the ends, 5-15 by 0.5-2.8 cm, the petiole being 0-5 mm. This does not agree with BAKER'S description in Fl. Trop. Afr. in which he defines the leaves as large, lanceolate and amplexicaul. So the identity of BACKER'S record remains uncertain; his description seems to fit in more with that of P. aff. stuhlmannii (see below).