Phaulopsis imbricata is a shrub native to South Africa.[2] It is also known as Himalayan ruellia. Leaves are opposite, one larger than the other in each pair, usually asymmetrical at the base.[3]Phaulopsis imbricata is a good fodder, the young leaves are eaten as a vegetable and the plant-ash in oil is rubbed into scarifications on the back for rheumatism in Tanganyika.[4] The flowers have an unpleasant smell.[5] It is filed as near-threatened by the IUCN.[1] It is one of the larval host plants of the butterflies great eggfly, tiny grass blue, brown pansy, soldier pansy and marbled elf.
^ abGhogue, J.-P. (2010). "Phaulopsis imbricata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T185412A8406478. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T185412A8406478.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
and 52–60 mm in females. The larvae feed on Asystasia gangetica, Phaulopsisimbricata, and Ruellia patula. Junonia terea terea (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau...
48–55 mm in females. The larvae feed on Asystasia gangetica and Phaulopsisimbricata. Junonia natalica natalica (eastern and central Kenya, Tanzania,...
occur from September to March in southern Africa. The larvae feed on Phaulopsisimbricata, Chaetacanthus setiger, Dyschoriste and Justicia species (including...
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