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Leucas stricta
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Leucas stricta Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 61. 1830 & in DC., Prodr. 12: 531. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 688. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1150(804). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 239. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 648. 1990; Sunil, Fl. Pl. Alappuzha Dist. 742. 2000; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Leucas 138. 2001.
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Description:
Erect, annual herbs, 15-25 cm high; stem and branches 4-gonous, pubescent and sparsely hispidly hairy with spreading hairs. Leaves 2.5-6.5 x 0.3-1.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate or linear, obtuse, entire or distantly serrulate, pubescent both sides and with scattered hairs on the veins, subsessile or shortly petioled. Flower-whorls upto 2 cm in diam., terminal, solitary, subtended by a whorl of floral leaves, rarely another whorl of flowers develops below the terminal one. Bracts 7-10 mm long, about as long as calyx, linear, rigid, ciliate. Calyx-tube 7-10 mm long, tubular to funnel-shaped, straight or slightly curved, ribbed, pubescent and with scattered long white hairs outside especially near the mouth, pubescent within; mouth suboblique; villi shorter than teeth; teeth 10, 2-4 mm long, subequal, subulate-acicular, ciliate; ribs 10, prominent within rather than outside, in continuation with 10 teeth. Corolla-tube included within the calyx; upper lip bearded with white hairs, shorter than lower. Nutlets ca 3 mm long, oblong, rounded at top, smooth, brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-February
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Malappuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Wasteplaces
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Distribution:
India to Indo-China
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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:
Kainakary
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