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Pogostemon travancoricus
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Pogostemon travancoricus Bedd., Ic. t. 159. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 63. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1135(794). 1924; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 327. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 372. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 324. 1998; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 344. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 539. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 403. 2005.
Pogostemon travancoricus Bedd. var. devicolamensis Shetty. & Vivek., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 15: 157. 1973.
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Description:
Subshrubs; branches quadrangular, puberulus. Leaves to 8 x 5 cm, ovate, acute at apex, rounded at base, crenate-serrate, minutely pubescent above, scabrous below; petiole 7 cm long, tomentose. Spike to 15 cm long, terminal, solitary; rachis with retrose hairs. Flowers sessile, densely packed, deflexed; calyx 7 mm long, 12-ribbed; lobes hairy; corolla yellow, 10 mm long, lobes obtuse, revolute at apex, hairy filaments 12 mm long, well excerted, hairy at base, ovary rugose, hairy. Nutlets quadrangular, smooth
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Open areas in evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern 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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
1000-1600
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Localities:
Udumbatheri, Chokkampatti hills, Agastyarkudam, Pongalapara
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