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Pogostemon vestitus
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Pogostemon vestitus Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 31. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 636. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1134 (793). 1924; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 223. 1988.
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Subshrubs; densely woolly with ascending branches up to about 45 cm long. Leaves opposite, to 3 x 2 cm, ovate, obtuse, truncate at base, crenate, thick and tomentose; petioles short. Flowers small in dense spicate, racemes, 7-8 cm long; bracts and bracteoles linear. Calyx tomentose, lobes pointed. Corolla pale blue. Stamens 4, exserted, subequal; filaments bearded; anther-cells confluent. Disk subentire. Ovary 4-partite; style slender, 2-fid with slender stigmatic lobes. Nutlets ovoid.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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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):
Pink, 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:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Poochapara
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