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Pogostemon mollis
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Pogostemon mollis Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 155. 1833; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 635. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1134(793). 1924; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 222. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 382. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 371. 1994.
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Description:
Branched subshrub; branchlets several, hirsute, ascending. Leaves simple, opposite, ovate-orbicular, to 3 x 1.5 cm, apex acute, base cuneate to obtuse, margin crenate, tomentose; petiole to 0.5 cm. Racemes spicate, uninterrupted, to 9 cm, mostly terminal; bracts linear. Calyx-lobes 5, subequal, 4.5 mm, tomentose. Corolla white, 3 mm wide; limb obscurely 2-lipped; lobes 6 mm, obtuse. Stamens 4; 3 filaments longer, to 5 mm.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-February
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Rocky areas of grasslands
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Damsite, Lock-hert gap, Ponmudi
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