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Leucas lanata Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 61 1830. (Syn: Leucas collina Dalzell; Leucas lanata var. nagpurensis C.B.Clarke ex Haines; Marrubium mollissimum D.Don);
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commonly known as: woolly leucas • Assamese: দোৰোণ doron • Bengali: দ্রোণ dron • Dogri: पहाड़ी फुम्मन pahari phumman • Hindi: बिसखपरा bis-khapra, धुरलू घास dhurlu ghaas, गुमा guma • Kannada: ದ್ರೋಣಪುಷ್ಪಿ dronapushpi • Malayalam: പെരുന്തുമ്പ perumthumpa • Marathi: द्रोणपुष्पी dronapushpi • Sanskrit: द्रोणपुष्पी dronapushpi • Tamil: சதும்பை catumpai
Names further compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/08/leucas-lanata-benth.html .
Flora of Pakistan (Description & Keys- Leucas nutans, cephalotes, aspera, urticifolia, hyssopifolia, mollissima (syn. of Leucas decemdentata var. decemdentata as per The Plant List & lanata) Perennial herb covered with woolly tomentum, small 2-5 cm long leaves. crenate along margins; flowers up to 1.2 cm long, in axillary whorls; calyx woolly.
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Erect, perennial herbs, with several branches from woody root-stock; branches obtusely 4-gonous, densely woolly or subsilky with erect or spreading hairs. Leaves opposite, 1.5-4 x 0.6-1.7 cm, narrowly ovate-lanceolate or oblong to ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, crenate-serrate, rounded or slightly narrowed at base, thick, tomentose above, silky beneath, sometimes darker above in dry specimens, veins impressed above, upper ones sometimes sessile, rest shortly petioled. Flower-whorls axillary, many-flowered, densely woolly; bracts setaceous, densely hairy, much shorter than calyx. Calyx-tube 5-9 mm long, tubular, straight, ribbed, densely tomentose outside, pubescent or hairy within in upper one-third part; mouth truncate; true villi absent; sometimes hairs protrude beyond the mouth are confused for villi which are much shorter than teeth; teeth 10, alternately short and long, ca. 1.5 mm long, triangular-subulate. Corolla-tube included or little exserted, hairy outside; upper lip densely bearded with white hairs, smaller than lower. Nutlets ca 1.5 x 1 mm, oblong, 3-angular, truncate at apex, tuberculate, brown; seeds not hairy at the ends. Flowering and fruiting: April-November
Scrub jungles
South and South East Asia
Location Kalatope, Chamba
Altitude 800 mts Habit herb Habitat wild/ rocky dry terrain Height 18 inches
Lamiaceae and Verbenaceae Week: Lamiaceae, Leucas lanata from Morni Hills:
Leucas lanata Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 61 1830. Perennial herb covered with woolly tomentum, small 2-5 cm long leaves. crenate along margins; flowers up to 1.2 cm long, in axillary whorls; calyx woolly.
Photographed from Morni hills in April, 2011 . VoF Week :: DV :: 30 JUL 12 – 0137 :: Leucas lanata along NH58 near Tangani:
Leucas lanata Benth. … (family: Lamiaceae) 30 JUL 12 NH58 … near Tangani, about 4500 ft     VOF Week: Leucas type herb?? —- at Joshimath: 4 images.
Seen this Leucas type herb (Family: Lamiaceae) at Joshimath. I hope Leucas lanata … my thought same as …; it must be Leucas lanata.
Leucas species for ID Purandar fort.19/01/2012 SMP1:
Leucas sp for ID- 21022014- PKA-Feb47 : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 3 authors. Leucas lanata I suppose The characters go very well with Leucas lanata. But most of the references of this species are found from Kashmir (Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. P1. W. Pak. & Kash. 615. 1972; Kaul, Weed Fl. Kashmir valley 234. 1986.). Moreover its type locality is Kumaon (“Kamaon”).
In “Flowers of India” it is mentioned that Leucas lanata “is a softly desnely wooly-haired perennial herb found on stony slopes in the Himalayas at altitudes of 700-3000 m”.
The distribution of this species is mentioned from Kashmir to Sikkim, India, China according to Flora of Pakistan.
Satara, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID :: ARKOCT-25 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)
Requesting to please provide ID of this plant captured near Satara, Maharashtra in October 2014.
Some Leucas species? Leucas lanata– Dhurlughas in Mandi, Himachal.
Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Leucas lanata :: Ratangad :: DVMAY25/25 : 1 post by 1 author. 2 images.
Leucas lanata Benth.
at Ratangad on January 14, 2012
Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Leucas lanata :: Chamoli :: DVMAY26/26 : 1 post by 1 author. 4 images.
Leucas lanata Benth.
along National Highway No. 58 near Chamoli on July 30, 2012
Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Lamiaceae, Leucas lanata from Morni Hills-GSMAY14/17 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Leucas lanata Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 61 1830.
Perennial herb covered with woolly tomentum, small 2-5 cm long leaves. crenate along margins; flowers up to 1.2 cm long, in axillary whorls; calyx woolly. Photographed from Morni hills in April, 2011 Feedback from another thread: Feedback from another thread: Though minutes ago I gave my view on a similar looking species in Nidhan
Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Lamiaceae, Leucas lanata from Chakrata-GSMAY15/18 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Lamiaceae :: Leucas lanata Sinhgad:: SMPMAY04/04 : 1 post by 1 author. 3 images.
Leucas lanata Sinhgad Pune
Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Lamiaceae :: Leucas lanata :: Satara :: ARKMAY-23/23 : 10 posts by 5 authors. Attachments(4)
Attached are pictures of Leucas lanata captured at Satara in October 2014.
Requested to validate the ID. Yes it is Leucas lanata only yes, It looks like Leucas lanata Please check for the important character of the species (L. lanata) : The plant is a softly desnely wooly-haired perennial herb. Leaves are densely covered with woolly hairs so that they appear silvery. This is the most distinguishing feature. It is difficult to check this character from your photograph. This species is commonly found in lower ranges of Himalayas (700 – 3000 m). Thanks for specifying the distinguishing feature, will check this on the next visit… From another thread:
ANJUN01/01 Leucas lanata Benth. (Churdhar Trip 01) : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (6)
Family: Lamiaceae Date: 23rd May 2015 Place: Renuka Ji-Haripurdhar Route, Himachal Pradesh Habit: Herb
Lamiaceae (Incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Leucas for id from Gori Valley- NS May 58/58 : 13 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3) Leucas species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional It looks like Leucas lanatus an exotic species Leucas angulosa efi page on Leucas lanata & Leucas angularis but, this is different from efi thread. For L. lanta Benth. please check Alka Ji’s thread which was further validated in efi thread 1 and in efi thread 2 The plant looks different from both plants one uploaded by … (which has long slender calyx teeth) and …
(which has white lanate leaves). To me above plant looks to be L. aspera. May I humbly say that it has probability of L. lanata Bneth. Haines thinks the species has variable indumentum and in certain var. affinity to L. montana Spreng. The following linked page from one China forum shows images of what they think of L. aspera, L. mollissima and L. mollissima var. chinensis. Please move over the pointer to see larger resolution. Please note the page has images of species of other families as well – http://www.planta.cn/forum/viewtopic.php?p=153968 Leucas aspera from Vietnam – vqgnuichua (host site – http://www.vqgnuichua.vn/hinhanh.aspx?id=2) Herb. of both, L. angularis and L. lanata can be viewed in KEW, there is one L. eriostoma var. lanata too. Leucas angularis Wall. ex Benth. is confined to Kerala and TN (ref. Monograph…).
This is, to my understanding, Leucas lanata Wall. ex Benth. var. lanata.
Lamiaceae (Incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Leucas aspera for validation from Morni Hills- NS May 78/78 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)
This herb was recorded from Morni Hills, please validate or correct the id.. Leucas aspera.. Certainly not Leucas aspera in view of recent discussions. It looks like Leucas chinensis (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm. Perhaps by this time it is clear that this species cannot be L. aspera; please also note as per the monograph L. chinensis (Retz.) R. Br. is confined to South India – AP, Karnataka, TN and Kerala. Neither it can be L. biflora (no. of flowers and distribution are the reason). Please also note one of the feature of L. chinensis is calyx mouth abruptly dilated.
ANMAY03/29 Lamiaceae (Incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Please identify this herb (2) : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments(3) Family: Lamiaceae Leucas species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net) I think this can be Leucas mollissima Wall. But I do not have much literature to access from currently. I fail to see Leucas mollissima Wall. page in the subpages-list of eFI dbase.
Thank you Leucas nutans I wholeheartedly admit that …, being experienced, familiar with numerous diverse species across families, professional, is much more capable of identifying any species than me. In fact it didn’t occur me that this species can be L. nutans (Roth) Spreng. since FoC didn’t feature it.
Now, FBI informs me that the species is also distributed in N & NW India and FoP features this.
Sir Prain and Haines think L. nutans (Roth.) Spreng. has –
Haines and FoP informs L. nutans (Roth.) Spreng. has –
One point in favour is curved calyx; cannot say if it is strong enough.
This much I can say. And I very much thank … To my understanding it is not Leucas nutans (Roth.) Spreng. (must have foliaceous lanceolate bracts). It has to be one of –
I fail to decide stem character of this species.
My guess, not guaranteed, is L. lanata var. lanata. I will go with what you have said sir, keeping in mind the alternatives. Thank you. /. Hindi name of Leucas lanata : 5 posts by 3 authors.
At ENVIS – FRLHT, a name bis kapra is listed for Leucas lanata; same name is found in a study paper.
Would it be written as: बिस कपड़ा ? Please help.
Thanks, … What can be the meaning? Bis has two meanings in Hindi:
विष = poison
बीस = twenty
Kapra = cloth. I do not know the meaning, … बिस could be विष (poison) OR lesser possibility as the number twenty, and कपड़ा could be कपडा (cloth) – frankly I have no idea whether these guesses are any good. Not able to connect Leucas plant to either poison or cloth. This name is certainly a local name popular in at least the two villages (Utpalta and Kwarka) of Chakrata Forest Division, as the study paper reads.
I referred V. Singh’s Monograph on Indian Leucas R.Br. This name is not listed – perhaps is not much known.
Names listed for Hindi are dhurlu ghaas (some dhurlu grass) and the generic name गुमा guma
I am not sure how dhurlu is spelled in Devanagari, will need help.
The name is known in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh … found in a ethnobotanical paper.
I was writing my thoughts while we received … response. Our thoughts match ! . Nepali name(s) for Leucas lanata : 4 posts by 2 authors. No from my side. Sorry ! Okay …, thank you. Just took a chance – I had gone through all your posts of Leucas. None of them had any mention. 🙂 Did not find in any books also ! Please help with the Manipuri name chandrongaam for Leucas lanata in native script,
Reference: Monograph on Indian Leucas R.Br. by V. Singh Well, I have my doubts on this. Leucas lanata is not found in Manipur, so a local name seems unlikely. Flowers of the Himalaya gives the distribution from Kashmir to C. Nepal. The two books I have on the plants of Manipur, list Leucas aspera, L. ciliata and L. lavandulaefolia. And all these are called Mayang-lambum …
Names of Plants in India :: Leucas lanata Benth. : 2 posts by 2 authors.
via Species > L > Leucas lanata Benth. … family: Lamiaceae
    LOO-kus — from the Greek leukos (white) … Dave’s Botanary la-NA-tuh — woolly … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: woolly leucas • Assamese: দোৰোণ doron • Hindi: धुरलू घास dhurlu ghaas, गुमा guma • Malayalam: പെരുന്തുമ്പ peruntumpa • Sanskrit: द्रोणपुष्पी dronapushpi botanical names: Leucas lanata Benth. … synonyms: Leucas collina Dalzell • Marrubium mollissimum D.Don … The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1. July 30, 2012 … along NH 58 near Chamoli commonly known as: woolly leucas • Assamese: দোৰোণ doron • Bengali: দ্রোণ dron • Dogri: पहाड़ी फुम्मन pahari phumman • Hindi: बिसखपरा bis-khapra, धुरलू घास dhurlu ghaas, गुमा guma • Kannada: ದ್ರೋಣಪುಷ್ಪಿ dronapushpi • Malayalam: പെരുന്തുമ്പ perumthumpa • Marathi: द्रोणपुष्पी dronapushpi • Sanskrit: द्रोणपुष्पी dronapushpi • Tamil: சதும்பை catumpai
botanical names: Leucas lanata Benth. … heterotypic synonyms: Leucas collina Dalzell • Leucas lanata var. nagpurensis C.B.Clarke ex Haines • Marrubium mollissimum D.Don … POWO
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
woolly leucas
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
দোৰোণ doron
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
দ্রোণ dron
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
पहाड़ी फुम्मन pahari phumman
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
बिसखपरा bis-khapra
धुरलू घास dhurlu ghaas, गुमा guma
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ದ್ರೋಣಪುಷ್ಪಿ dronapushpi
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
പെരുന്തുമ്പ perumthumpa
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
द्रोणपुष्पी dronapushpi
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
द्रोणपुष्पी dronapushpi
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
சதும்பை catumpai
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in States and Union Territories of India ~~~~~
Assam, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, *Rajasthan, *Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ x ~~~~~
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/08/leucas-lanata-benth.html
The correct English spelling is Perumthumpa. Here perum means big, thumpa means Leucas. . Gujarati name of Leucas lanata : 3 posts by 2 authors. I am not sure if this is the Gujarati name of this plant. In some sources, “danda kalas” has been recorded as the Bengali name of Leucas aspera, L. indica, and L. lavandulifolia! Also couldn’t find a mention of this plant in the sources I checked pertaining to the flora of Gujarat. I really don’t know. Thanks very very much dear … . Hindi name of Leucas lanata : 6 posts by 3 authors. Thanks, … What can be the meaning? Bis has two meanings in Hindi:
विष = poison
बीस = twenty
Kapra = cloth.
I do not know the meaning, …
बिस could be विष (poison) OR lesser possibility as the number twenty, and कपड़ा could be कपडा (cloth) – frankly I have no idea whether these guesses are any good. Not able to connect Leucas plant to either poison or cloth. This name is certainly a local name popular in at least the two villages (Utpalta and Kwarka) of Chakrata Forest Division, as the study paper reads.
I referred V. Singh’s Monograph on Indian Leucas R.Br. This name is not listed – perhaps is not much known.
Names listed for Hindi are dhurlu ghaas (some dhurlu grass) and the generic name गुमा guma
I am not sure how dhurlu is spelled in Devanagari, will need help.
The name is known in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh … found in a ethnobotanical paper.
I was writing my thoughts while we received … response. Our thoughts match ! Today, while re-compiling names for Leucas lanata, I stumbled across the name बिसखपरा bis-khapra OR बिसखोपरा bis-khopra of which the literal meaning is “poison-headed”. Reference: A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
The name is not listing Leucas lanata, rather lists: Trianthema pentandra, or T. obcordatum; the plant Mezoneurum cucullatum (Desfontaines), or Cæsalpinia cucullata (Roxb.) … (copy-pasted as-is from the dictionary).
Leucas lanata … was not able to find if it was of any health hazard; the plant is used as an antidote for reptile poison.
Reference article: Champati, Bibhuti & Jena, Sudipta & Ray, Asit & Mohanty, Swagat & Sahoo, Ambika & Das, Prabhat & Kar, Subrat & Sahoo, Tirthabrata & Nayak, Sanghamitra & Panda, Pratap. (2023). Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oil of Leucas lanata. Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 59. 386-388. 10.1007/s10600-023-04001-y. . I’d requested for this plant: 2 high res. images.
Location: Rajouri J and k Check Leucas sp. When were these images clicked? Most probably it is L. lanata . SK 3112 06 November 2021: 7 very high res. images. looks like L. lanata . Leucas lanata Benth.: 9 very high res. images. Location: Dailekh, West Nepal
Altitude: 1256 m.
Date: 13 August 2021
Habit : Wild Location: Dailekh, West Nepal
Altitude: 834 m.
9 very high res. images. . References:
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