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Genus: Ruttya

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales>  Family: Acanthaceae

There are 3 species; African with 1 species, Ruttya ovata, occurring in southern Africa.

Species in southern Africa

Ruttya ovata (Ruttya)

unhlalwana lomfula [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 200; Transvaal Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 184.

Species further north

Ruttya fruticosa (Jammy Mouth)

Jêmbekkie [Afrikaans]

See Creative gardening with indigenous plants. A South African Guide by Pitta Joffe p. 243.
 

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