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Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 943 1858. (Syn: Ocimum aristatum Blume; Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C.Y.Wu; Clerodendranthus stamineus (Benth.) Kudô; Clerodendrum spicatum Thunb.; Ocimum grandiflorum Blume [Illegitimate]; Orthosiphon grandiflorus Bold. [Illegitimate]; Orthosiphon spicatus (Thunb.) Backer, Bakh.f. & Steenis [Illegitimate]; Orthosiphon spiralis (Lour.) Merr.; Orthosiphon stamineus Benth.; Orthosiphon tagawae Murata; Orthosiphon velteri Doan [Invalid]; Trichostema spirale Lour.);
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Common name: Cat’s Whiskers, Java Tea, Kidney Tea Plant • Manipuri: ৱাৰক লৈখাম Warak Leikham • Mizo: Zunthlum-kung
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Diffusely branched perennial herbs. Leaves 3-6.5 x 1.2- 3.5 cm, rhomboid to ovate-deltoid, base cuneate, margins serrate from about the middle upwards, apex acute, glandular-punctate beneath. Recemes 8-16 cm long; verticils lax; peduncle strigulose with purplish hairs. Bracts c.1 x 2 mm, broadly ovate. Calyx tube to 3 mm long, 10-nerved; upper lip to 3 mm long, broadly ovate, purplish; lower lip longer. Corolla white, tomentose without; tube 1-1.5 cm long; upper lip orbicular; lower lip as long as upper, boat-shaped. Stamens exserted; filaments to 3 cm long. Nutlets c. 2 mm long, ovoid-oblong. Flowering and fruiting: September-December
Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Indo-Malesia
Plant for ID ?Clerodendron17/12/09 SMP2 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Clerodendron? Orthosiphon grandiflorus commonly known in Malayalam as Poochameesa .
Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Lamiaceae :: Orthosiphon stamineus .:: SMPMAY48/48 : 1 post by 1 author. 2 images.
Orthosiphon stamineus
Munnar to Kochi road
uttarakhand uid1 19102011:
Sending photos of Orthosiphon sp. pls help in validation Date/Time-september 2011
Orthosiphon aristatus (Family : Lamiaceae).
Cat’s whiskers.
Photographed on 22 Aug 2011 from near Trivandrum.
Garden shrub.
Leaves opposite, with toothed margins.
Stem and petiole violetish. Stem quandrangular.
Racemose inflorescence. Long stamens. Will go for the same
for id request 121112 BRS: Mixed thread: 2 images. Date: 08.11.12 Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq.
Fwd: Identification : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors.
ARJUL43 Lamiaceae for ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Orthosiphon aristatus. There seems to be some confusion in your first picture as it does not appear to be of Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq. as per images herein.
It is being shown against Orthosiphon thymiflorus in Flowersofindia. but this also does not match with images at Orthosiphon thymiflorus (Roth) Sleesen
Pl. check & confirm.
Lamiaceae (inc. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Lamiaceae- Orthosiphon stamineus from, Coimbatore -BRSMAY01/21: 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Sharing the images of Orthosiphon stamineus from Coimbatore.
Location: Hong Kong Park
Date: 15 August 2018
Elevation: 200 ft.
Habit : Cultivated
Syn : Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C.Y.Wu
very nice. grows in india too. FOI has it Thank you … Yes, FoI has it.
Orthosiphon aristatus
Just outside the gates of Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Thattekkad, near Kothamangalam, Kerala
First week of October 2018
Location : Sentosa , Singapore
Date : 18 October 2012
Altitude 131 m.
Habit : Cultivated
Attachments (1)- 6 Mb.
A herbal plant with beautiful white flowers, about 3 feet height, at my roof garden grown in a pot.
Orthosiphon aristatus ?
Location : Chennai outskirts
Date : 02.11.19
Elevation : 23 mts. Looks matching ! cat’s whiskers
Orthosiphon aristatus
I saw it in Hawaaii bot garden a few years ago.
Java tea, supposedly a good tea
this link has this following write up:
I quote: “Food (Herb and Spice)
Medicinal (It is mainly taken to stimulate urination. According to Indonesian and Malaysian folk medicine, bladder or kidney pain, gout, rheumatism and arteriosclerosis can be treated by drinking a decoction of leaves boiled in water. In Vietnamese folk medicine, a plant infusion is used to treat influenza, hepatits, rheumatism, jaundice and fever, as well as stimulating urination. In India, this plant is used to treat diabetes in combination with the herb Andrographis paniculata.)”
MY question: is it planted or growing on its own? what kind of grounds?
. 300626pkd1: Id pls collected from Khurda Odisha on July 2026: 3 high res. images.
Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq. . References:
The Plant List 1 The Plant List 2 GRIN Flora of China (Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunberg) C. Y. Wu ex H. W. Li) springer reference Flowers of India Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons India Biodiversity Portal |
Orthosiphon aristatus
Updated on August 26, 2026