Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Blandina biflora (Vahl) Raf. |
| synonym | Leucas biflora procumbens (Desf.) Gamble |
| synonym | Leucas procumbens Desf. |
| synonym | Nepeta indica Burm.f., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Phlomis biflora Vahl |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Diffuse or scandent herbs; branches finely pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate, acute, base obtuse, membranous, crenate, to 3.5 x 2 cm; petiole 0.5 cm long. Flowers solitary; calyx tubular, 7 mm long, finely strigose; corolla white, 1.4 cm long, annulate-villous inside at middle. Nutlets oblong, truncate.
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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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 |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Leucas procumbens Desf., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 11: 7. t. 3. f. 2. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 683. 1885; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 367. 1988.
- Leucas biflora (Vahl) R. Br., Prodr. 504. 1810; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 683. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1150(804). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 239. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 322. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 306. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 219. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 365. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 647. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 377. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 366. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 287. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 361. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 249. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 548. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 319. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 250. 1999; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Leucas 49. 2001; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 247. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 400. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 579. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 653. 2009.
- Leucas biflora (Vahl.) R.Br. var. procumbens (Desf.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1151(804). 1924; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 306. 1985; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 288. 1995.
- Phlomis biflora Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 77. 1794.
Information Listing > References
- Leucas procumbens Desf., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 11: 7. t. 3. f. 2. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 683. 1885; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 367. 1988.
- Leucas biflora (Vahl) R. Br., Prodr. 504. 1810; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 683. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1150(804). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 239. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 322. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 306. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 219. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 365. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 647. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 377. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 366. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 287. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 361. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 249. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 548. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 319. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 250. 1999; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Leucas 49. 2001; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 247. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 400. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 579. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 653. 2009.
- Leucas biflora (Vahl.) R.Br. var. procumbens (Desf.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1151(804). 1924; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 306. 1985; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 288. 1995.
- Phlomis biflora Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 77. 1794.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Lamiales |
| Family | Lamiaceae |
| Genus | Leucas |
| Species | Leucas biflora (Vahl) Sm. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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