Karomia

Description

Karomia is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae. The genus was introduced in 1932 by the botanist Paul Louis Amans Dop (1876–1954) in "Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle" (Paris) ser. 2. 4: 1052, for the single species Karomia fragrans. It is native to eastern and southern Africa, Madagascar, and Vietnam.SpeciesKaromia fragrans Dop – Vietnam Karomia gigas (Faden) Verdc. – Kenya, Tanzania Karomia humbertii (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar Karomia macrocalyx (Baker) R.Fern. – Madagascar Karomia madagascariensis (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar Karomia microphylla (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar Karomia mira (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar Karomia speciosa (Hutch. & Corbishley) R.Fern. – Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa Karomia tettensis (Klotzsch) R.Fern. – Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia