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'{{Speciesbox | image = Starr 020913-0011 Dissotis rotundifolia.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Dissotis | species = rotundifolia | authority = (Sm.) Triana | synonyms = {{Plainlist | style = margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; | *''Dissotis buettneriana'' <small>(Cogn. ex Büttner) Jacq.-Fél</small> *''Dissotis plumosa'' <small>(D. Don) Hook f.</small> *''Heterotis buettneriana'' <small>(Cogn. ex Büttner) Jacq.-Fél</small> *''Heterotis plumosa'' <small>(D. Don) Benth.</small> *''Heterotis rotundifolia'' <small>(Sm.) Jacq.-Fél</small> *''Melastoma plumosum'' <small>D. Don</small> *''Osbeckia buettneriana'' <small>Cogn. ex Büttner</small> *''Osbeckia rotundifolia'' <small>Sm.</small> *''Osbeckia rubropilosa'' <small>De Wild.</small> }} |synonyms_ref = <ref name=CRC4 >{{cite book |author=Umberto Quattrocchi |year=2012 |title=CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology |volume=Volume 4 |publisher=CRC Press/Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781439895702}}</ref> }} '''''Dissotis rotundifolia''''', commonly called '''pink lady''', '''Spanish Shawl''', or '''rockrose''',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Macfoy |first1=Cyrus |title=Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine in Sierra Leone |date=2013 |publisher=[[iUniverse]] |isbn=978-1-4917-0611-4 |page=147 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDGGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA147 |accessdate=February 11, 2020 |lccn=2013916234 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> is a [[shrub]] that occurs in [[tropical]] [[Africa]].<ref name="WanntorpCraene2011">{{cite book|author1=Livia Wanntorp|author2=Louis P. Ronse De Craene|title=Flowers on the Tree of Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UN3yp9pvTYYC&pg=PA229|date=22 September 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-50235-1|pages=229–232}}</ref> ==Description== ''Dissotis rotundifolia'' can grow in a variety of ways, from straight up and [[Glossary of botanical terms#erect|erect]] to lying flat and [[Glossary of botanical terms#prostrate|prostrate]] to [[Glossary of botanical terms|decumbent]], meaning the [[branch]]es lie flat on the ground but turn up at the ends. When the [[Plant stem|stem]]s trail, they [[root]] where the [[leaf]] connects to the stem, called the "node". The stems are woody on lower parts of the plant and become [[Glossary of botanical terms#hirsute|hirsute]], meaning hairy, towards the top of the plant. The branches tend to spread wide, and range from pink to a dark reddish in color.<ref name=CRC4 /> The leaves are oval shaped and three-ribbed, being {{convert|1-3|cm|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|6-15|mm|abbr=on}} wide.<ref>John Wilkes (1820) ''Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature'' Volume 17</ref> They are covered with short, [[Glossary of botanical terms#appressed|appressed]] hairs on both sides. The [[Petiole (botany)|stalks of the leaves]] are as long as {{convert|1.5|cm|abbr=on}}, [[Glossary of botanical terms#pilose|pilose]], and pink. The [[flower]]s of ''Dissotis rotundifolia'' are [[Glossary of botanical terms#solitary|solitary]], and the [[Pedicel (botany)|stalks of the flowers]], like the leaves, are covered with tiny appressed hairs. The [[petal]]s of the flower are {{convert|1.5-2|cm|abbr=on}} in length and range from pink to [[Mauve|a pale purple]] in color.<ref name=puerto>Alain H. Liogier (1982) ''Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands''</ref> ==Habitat and ecology== ''Dissotis rotundifolia'' is [[Native species|native]] to Africa, but has been introduced to other tropical areas. It occurs naturally in central and western Africa, from [[Sierra Leone]] to [[Zaire]], and in [[Cameroon]] and [[Liberia]], and has been introduced as a [[ground cover]] and [[ornamental plant]] in [[Puerto Rico]] and [[Hawaii]] as well as [[Malaysia]] and the [[West Indies]]<ref name=spice>Johannes Seidemann (2005) ''World Spice Plants: Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy''</ref><ref name=puerto /> The shrub can grow anywhere in altitude from [[sea level]] to about {{convert|1900|m|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref>G. E. Wickens (1975) ''Flora of Tropical East Africa''</ref> ==Uses== The leaves of ''Dissotis rotundifolia'' are used as a [[spice]] for [[sauce]]s and as a [[Leaf vegetable|potherb]].<ref name=spice /> In Liberia, the plant is used as a [[diuretic]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal |volume= Volume 12 |author= E. B. Shuttleworth |year= 1878–1879}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q15390985}} [[Category:Melastomataceae]] [[Category:Shrubs]]'