Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
Distribution notes: Exotic
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Leonurus globosus Moench, nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Leonurus nepetifolius (L.) Mill. |
| synonym | Phlomis nepetifolia L. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Shrubs, pilose. Leaves to 11 x 8 cm, ovate, apex acute, base truncate, deeply crenate, minutely punctuate, pubescent, basally tri-nerved; petiole to 9 cm. Thyrsus axillary and terminal, 5 cm across; flowers red; bracts 1.5 cm, linear, spinescent, pubescent; calyx oblique, tube 1.3 cm long, 7-toothed, spinescent; corolla tube 1 cm long, lower lip 1.5 cm, concave, densely villous; filaments 3 and 4 mm, flattened; ovary 1 mm, style 2 cm.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Deciduous forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
Native of Tropical Africa; naturalised in many parts of tropics
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kasaragode, Idukki, Malappuram, Thrissur
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) R. Br., Prodr. 504. 1810; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 691. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1155(807). 1924; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 304. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 645. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 376. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 248. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 247. 2002.
- Phlomis nepetifolia L., Sp. Pl. 586. 1753.
Information Listing > References
- Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) R. Br., Prodr. 504. 1810; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 691. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1155(807). 1924; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 304. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 645. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 376. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 248. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 247. 2002.
- Phlomis nepetifolia L., Sp. Pl. 586. 1753.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Lamiales |
| Family | Lamiaceae |
| Genus | Leonotis |
| Species | Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) R.Br. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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