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Hyptis capitata
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Hyptis capitata Jacq., Ic. Pl. Rar. 1: 11. t.114. 1781-86; Varghese, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 76: 200. 1979; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 321. 1984; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 643. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 546. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 318. 1998.
Hyptis rhomboidea M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11: 188. 1844; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 400. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 577. 2009.
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Description:
Shrubs, to 2 m tall; stem hollow when old, furrowed or obscurely 4-angled, puberulus. Leaves broadly elliptic to lanceolate, scabrid, nerves 5-7 pairs, oblique. Heads 1-2.5 cm across, on long peduncle, axillary and terminal. Flowers numerous, densely packed; calyx 7 mm long in fruit, glandular, lobes 5-7, acute to acuminate, united well above the middle; corolla 4 mm long, white. Nutlets smooth, black.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forests and wastelands
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America; naturalised in some parts of India and Malesia
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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:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Koruthode, Tiruvalla, Nilambur, Kavalam
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