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Hyptis suaveolens
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 7: 472. t.27. f.2. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 630. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1129(789). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 240. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 321. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 304. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 364. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 324. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 644. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 376. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 365. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 285. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 360. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 248. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 547. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 319. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 248. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 246. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 532. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 400. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 577. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 650. 2009.
Ballota suaveolens L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1100. 1759.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nattapoochedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs, to 1.5 m high; stem obtusely 4-angular, viscous hairy. Leaves simple, opposite, to 7 x 5 cm, ovate, acute, hispid below, glabrate above; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs; petole to 3 cm long. Flowers in axillary short cymose racemes. Calyx tube 8 mm long, tubular, 10-ribbed, glandular hairy, teeth spinulose, 4 mm long. Corolla 5 mm long, lobes short, glabrous inside, blue. Stamens 4, declinate, filaments free, pubescent; anthers confluent. Ovary 4-partite; style subentire. Nutlets 4 x 2.5 mm, oblong, compressed, with a ridge on dorsal surface, pubescent, deep brown, mucilaginous when wet.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-February
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded moist and dry deciduous forests and wastelands
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Distribution:
Originally from America now Pantropical
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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):
Blue
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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:
300-700
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Localities:
Peechi, Kattalappara, Karimutty, Thekkady, Vengoli, Plapally, Kannoth, Tellicherry, Payyavur, Sreekantapuram, Mundurapalai river side, Chindaki forest, Walayar, Thenkara, Kasaragod, Vandanam, Nedumkayam, Vadapuram, Thenmalai, Bonaccord
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