Leonotis ocymifolia, occasionally referred to as the minaret flower, is a flowering plant of the mint family, Lamiaceae. The plant is used in Ethiopian folk medicineአማራ ጌታሁን - SOME COMMON MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS USED IN ETHIOPIAN FOLK MEDICINE March 1976 እ.ኤ.አ. (link misleading) and found in Eastern Africa spanning from Sudan to South Africa.Leonotis In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile. The plant is reasonably drought-resistant and wind tolerant. Unlike the similar Leonotus leonuris, in the ocymifolia, the tubular flowers are bolder and larger.
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See also List of Lamiaceae of South Africa