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Anisochilus dysophylloides
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Anisochilus dysophylloides Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 19. 1830; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 628. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1128(788). 1924; Suddee & Paton, Kew Bull. 64: 249. 2009.
Anisochilus purpureus Wight, Ic. t. 1435. 1849.
Anisochilus dysophylloides Benth. var. purpureus (Wight) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1128(788). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 316. 1998; Suddee & Paton, Kew Bull. 64: 249. 2009.
Anisochilus sericeus Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 82. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 629. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1128(789). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 316. 1998.
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Description:
Subshrubs; stem obtusely quadrangular, tomentose. Leaves to 3 x 1 cm, obovate, acute, cuneate at base, nearly sessile, densely tomentose. Spikes 5 cm long, 0.8 cm broad, many, terminal and upper axillary, peduncled; bracts 3 mm long, ovate. Flowers many; calyx 4 mm long, very densely hairy, upper lip declinate, closing the mouth; corolla 4 mm long; upper lip entire, concave; lower lip acutely 4-lobed, white; filaments glabrous. Nutlets mucilaginous when wet, trigonous, smooth, brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Rocky areas in evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-2300
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Localities:
Mlappara
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