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Leucas aspera
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 113. 1822; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 690. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1150(803). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 239. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 322. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 305. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 324. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 377. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 366. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 286. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 548. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 249. 1999; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Leucas 43. 2001; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 247. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 579. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 653. 2009.
Phlomis aspera Willd., Enum. Hort. Berol. 2: 621. 1809.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Thumba, Chiruthumba
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Thumba
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Description:
Erect hirsute herbs to 40 cm tall. Leaves simple, opposite, 3-8 x 1-2 cm, linear-lanceolate, apex acute, base cuneate, margin distantly serrate, puberulous, petiole 3 mm long. Verticils terminal and axillary; bract linear, equalling calyx, hirsute. Calyx 6 mm long, tubular, 10-ribbed, upper half strigose without, glabrous below; mouth oblique, 10-toothed; teeth unequal, posterior the longer, linear, c.1 mm long. Corolla white; tube c. 6 mm long; upper lip c. 3 mm long, villous without; lower lip 7-8 mm long. Stamens 4. Style c. 8 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests and wastelands
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Distribution:
Indo-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:
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chengamperu, Vengoli, Pappinisseri, High Range, Attapady block-Mukkali, Walayar, Panangad, Vadapuram, Mampad, Ottakkal, Neelamperoor
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