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Lippia javanica
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Family:
VERBENACEAE
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Citation: Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 752. 1825; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 241. 1999; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 202. 2002.
Verbena javanica Burm.f., Fl. Ind. 12. t.6. f.2. 1768.
Lantana alba Mill., Gard. Dict. (ed. 8) 4. 1768.
Lippia alba sensu Vajr., Fl. Palghat 367. 1990, non (Mill.) N.E. Br. 1925.
Lippia unica Ramakr., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 54. 925. 1957.
Lippia geminata HBK, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2: 214.1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:563. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1088(762). 1924.
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Description:
Large herbs. Leaves to 1.5-4.5 x 1-2 cm, ovate-elliptic or oblong, apex acute, base rounded, crenate, strigose; petiole to 1 cm long, hairy. Spikes axillary, 2.5 x 0.5 cm, cymose; peduncles 2-4 cm; flowers yellowish white; bracts 3 x 2 mm, broadly ovate; calyx 2-lobed, 2 mm long, hirsute; corolla tube 4 mm long, pubescent; stamens included. Pyrenes 2, 1 x 1.5 mm, enclosed in accrescent calyx lobes.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Africa
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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):
Yellow, 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:
Sivapura, Attapady block-Mukkali
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