Native to Angola, Botswana, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Gereau, R 6856

February 18, 2006

Location

Tanzania, Morogoro, Ulanga

-8.619167, 36.725556

Location Remarks

Vigoi Division, Isogo Ward. Behind Chikuti Village store, along road to Ifakara. 530 m elev.

Collectors

Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, O.C. Nkawamba

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Ocimum

Specific Epithet

filamentosum

Authorship

Forssk.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#106,177 of 335,497

Top 32%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →