Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Anuragia quadrifolia (Benth.) Raizada |
| synonym | Chotekia sericea Opiz & Corda |
| synonym | Dysophylla quadrifolia Benth. |
| synonym | Dysophylla quadrifolia var. pubescens Benth. |
| synonym | Dysophylla quadrifolia var. velutina Benth. |
| synonym | Dysophylla rupestris Dalzell |
| synonym | Dysophylla stellata var. roxburgiana H.Keng |
| synonym | Dysophylla velutina Benth. |
| synonym | Eusteralis malabarica Majumdar, nom. inval. |
| synonym | Eusteralis quadrifolia (Benth.) Panigrahi |
| synonym | Eusteralis stellata var. roxburghiana (H.Keng) Bennet & Raizada |
| synonym | Mentha quadrifolia Roxb., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Mentha stellata Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Pogostemon stellatus var. roxburgianus (H.Keng) H.Keng |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Large erect herbs, 1-2 m high; stem angled and ridged; whole plant densely grey-pubescent. Leaves usually 4 in a whorl, 6-10 x 0.5-0.8 cm, linear-lanceolate, acute at apex, attenuate at base, densely gray-pubescent on both sides. Spikes terminal, 10-15 cm long, 0.5-0.8 cm diameter; bracts 0.3-0.4 x 0.1-0.15 cm, ovate-lanceolate. Flowers clustered at axils of bracts. Calyx tube c.0.1 cm long, 5-toothed. Corolla white; tube 0.1-0.15 cm long, 4-lobed. Stamens 4, shortly exserted; filaments bearded. Ovary 4-celled; ovules 1 in each cell; style slender; stigma 2-fid. Nutlets 4, minute.
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 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Habit: Undershrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Rocky areas
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Freshwater
Scrub jungles in laterite hillocks
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 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
India
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kasaragode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Malappuram, Kozhikkode
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 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Maharashtra: Sindhudurg
Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Dysophylla quadrifolia Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 30. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 639. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1137(795). 1924; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 290. 1995.
- Anuragia quadrifolia (Benth.) Raizada, Suppl. Duth. Fl. Upp. Gang. Plain 218. 1976.
- Pogostemon quadrifolius (Benth.) F.Muell., Fragm. 5: 200. 1866.
- Eusteralis quadrifolia (Benth.) Panigrahi, Phytologia 32:378. 1976; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 238. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 304. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 641. 1990; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 531. 2002.
Information Listing > References
- Dysophylla quadrifolia Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 30. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 639. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1137(795). 1924; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 290. 1995.
- Anuragia quadrifolia (Benth.) Raizada, Suppl. Duth. Fl. Upp. Gang. Plain 218. 1976.
- Pogostemon quadrifolius (Benth.) F.Muell., Fragm. 5: 200. 1866.
- Eusteralis quadrifolia (Benth.) Panigrahi, Phytologia 32:378. 1976; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 238. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 304. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 641. 1990; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 531. 2002.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Lamiales |
| Family | Lamiaceae |
| Genus | Pogostemon |
| Species | Pogostemon quadrifolius (Benth.) F.Muell. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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