Leucas suffruticosa Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 611 1834. ;
 

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Much branched undershrubs, with long and stout root stock; branches terete, rigid, hispid with erect-appressed hairs and few bristle-like spreading hairs. Leaves sessile or subsessile, opposite, 1-3 x 0.15-0.3 cm, linear, obtuse, entire and revolute-margined, ciliate with bristle-like hairs, white tomentose beneath, coriaceous. Flower-whorls many-flowered, terminating 8-25 cm long, scapiform, tomentose branches, sometimes scape further extends ending in an another whorl of flowers, each whorl subtended by a pair of leaves. Bracts upto 3 mm long, about half as long as calyx, linear, setaceous, villous. Calyx-tube 6-7 mm long, campanulate, villous with golden yellow hairs; mouth truncate; villi as long as teeth; teeth ca 1 mm long, erect, spinulose. Corolla-tube included or ca 1 mm exserted from the calyx; upper lip densely bearded with white hairs, shorter than lower. Nutlets ca 3 mm long, oblong, narrowed towards base, smooth, brownish black. 

Flowering and fruiting: June-October
Grasslands
Peninsular India (endemic) 


 

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Leucas suffruticosa Benth.: Name: Leucas suffruticosa Benth.
Family: Lamiaceae
Flowers are used in rituals by the local people.
Location: Mukruthi NP, Nilgiris, TN
Date: 22 Oct 2012
Alt.: 3560 m asl


 

 

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Identification Plant:  Pls give ID assistance to this plant

This plant from tamilnadu
Please help me to the identification of plants


Please provide the details of plant and exact location. Your plant looks very much like Leucas suffruticosa Benth. of Lamiaceae


This plant from Tamilnadu, Palni hills, Altitude 2200 m
The local name of this plant is Malaithulasi
Thanks for prompt reply 


 

  
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