Ocimum filamentosum

Ocimum filamentosum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 108 1775. (Syn: Becium affine var. cyclophyllum Chiov.; Becium filamentosum (Forssk.) Chiov.; Becium knyanum (Vatke) G.Taylor; Becium knyanum var. diffusum Ayob.; Becium obovatum var. knyanum (Vatke) Cufod.; Ocimum abyssinicum Lam.; Ocimum adscendens Willd.; Ocimum calycosum Hochst. ex Briq.; Ocimum comigerum Hochst. ex Briq.; Ocimum cristatum Buch.-Ham. & K.D.Koenig ex Roxb.; Ocimum cyclophyllum (Chiov.) Chiov.; Ocimum exsul Collett & Hemsl.; Ocimum fissilabrum Briq.; Ocimum indicum Roth; Ocimum knyanum Vatke; Ocimum polycladum Briq.; Ocimum pubescens Bojer ex Benth.; Ocimum rautanenii Briq.; Ocimum stenoglossum Briq.; Ocimum tuberosum De Wild. [Illegitimate]; Ocimum verticillatum B.Heyne ex Hook.f.; Orthosiphon adscendens Benth. ex Sweet; Plectranthus indicus (Roth) Spreng.; Plectranthus menthoides Willd.);

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Annual herbs with a short rootstock; stem erect, 15-30 cm high, obtusely 4 angular, pubescent with retrorse hairs, diffusely branched. Leaves opposite, 0.7-4.2 x 0.35-1.6 cm, oblong to ovate-oblong, cuneate to tapering to base, obtuse, faintly serrulate, glabrous and copiously dotted with oil globules on both surfaces; petioles 1-2.2 cm long. Racemes 3-5 cm long; verticils distant. Floral leaves linear-oblong, with a concave, glandular receptacle at base. Calyx tube 2.5 mm long, subglabrous to sparsely pubescent without, glabrous within; upper lip broadly ovate-oblong, to 8 mm long in fruit, slightly longer than the lower; lateral lobes of lower lip bimucronate or truncately serrated, median ones spinous-acuminate. Corolla 6-7 mm long, puberulous without, pinkish-white; upper lip 3 mm long, lower equally long. Stamens much exserted, ± twice length of corolla; filaments glabrous. Nutlets globose, 1.5 mm long, smooth, mucilaginous when wetted.

(From India Biodiversity Portal

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Fwd: [efloraofindia:165529] Identification of the Lamiaceae members requested- LA1 : Attachments (2). 4 posts by 2 authors.
Please help me in the identification of the plants belongs to Lamiaceae. Photographed at E.Ghats.
They are not much aromatic.

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Is it Ocimum filamentosum Forssk., Syn. Ocimum adscendens Willd., Syn. Becium filamentosum (Forrsk.) Chiov.

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Ocimum species in efi with keys.

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I agree with the ID Ocimum filamentosum.

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Ocimum filamentosum Forssk. SN Oct 12 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2).
Ocimum filamentosum Forssk (= Becium filamentosum (Forssk.) Chiov, Ocimum adscendens Willd.),
wild in open places and rain fed land from Krishnagiri Dt of Tamilnadu

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Fwd: MS/9/2/2019 – ID request. : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 mb.
I am sending herewith a photograph received from a friend in Chennai.
Photograph is not clear. Need to check the plant in the foreground. Leaves are scented. Looks like a species of Ocimum.

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Pl. check comparative images at /species/a—l/l/lamiaceae/ocimum  

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Orthosiphon sp. ??

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Flora of Chamarajanagar_ID_Please_06092021 PK1- 3:
Segregating clubbed posts due to sam subject:
Date/Time-:27/08/2021   –    09:30
Location- Place, Altitude -Chamarajanagar, Karnataka,
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-   wild
Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-  Herb
Length- 8cm,

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Ocimum filamentosum

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References:

The Plant List  Flora of Zimbabwe  India Biodiversity Portal 

Flora of Ranga Reddi District Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, M. Silar Mohammed (2000- Description)