{"id":1389712,"date":"2011-02-06T07:18:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T07:18:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-03-28T17:29:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:59:28","slug":"anisomeles-malabarica","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/anisomeles-malabarica\/","title":{"rendered":"Anisomeles malabarica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anisomeles<\/i> malabarica<\/i> (L.) R.Br. ex Sims<\/span><\/a>, Bot. Mag. 46: t. 2071 1819. (Syn. <\/i>Ajuga<\/i> fruticosa<\/i> Roxb.<\/span><\/a> [Illegitimate]; Anisomeles<\/i> cuneata <\/i>J.Jacq.<\/span><\/a>; Anisomeles<\/i> intermedia<\/i> Wight ex Benth.<\/span><\/a>; Craniotome<\/i> mauritianum<\/i> (Pers.) Bojer<\/span><\/a>; Epimeredi<\/i> malabaricus<\/i> (L.) Rothm.<\/span><\/a>; Nepeta <\/i>malabarica<\/i> L.<\/span><\/a>; Nepeta<\/i> pallida<\/i> Salisb.<\/span><\/a>; Stachys<\/i> mauritiana<\/i> Pers.;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (=) <\/span><\/a>Anisomeles salviifolia<\/span><\/i><\/a> R. Br.);<\/div>\n
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Malabar Catmint \u2022 <\/b>Hindi: Gopoli, Codhara \u2022 <\/b>Marathi: \u0917\u094b\u091c\u093f\u092d\u093e Gojibha \u2022 Tamil<\/b>: Peyimarutti \u2022 <\/b>Malayalam: Perumtumpa, Karintumpa \u2022 Telugu<\/b>: Moga-biran, Mogabheri \u2022 <\/b>Kannada: \u0c95\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0ca4\u0cc1\u0cae\u0ccd\u0cac\u0cc0 Karitumbi, Gandubirana gida \u2022 Oriya<\/b>: v\u0b10\u0b15\u0b41\u0b02\u0b20 Vaikuntha \u2022 <\/b>Konkani: Kaktumbo \u2022 Sanskrit<\/b>: \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0926\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0923\u0903 Mahadronah, \u0935\u0948\u0915\u0941\u0902\u0920\u0903 Vaikunthah;<\/b><\/div>\n
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Perennial, semi-shrubby herb; stem to about 2 m high, much branched from base, subquadrangular, thickened below to 1.8 cm in diam., densely lanate. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 3.6-16 x 1.3-7 cm, narrowed and rounded at base, acute, crenate-serrate, slightly bullate and velvety lanate above, densely so beneath; petioles 0.7-3.5 cm long, stout, lanate. Racemes to 34.5 cm long; verticils close, dense; peduncles densely lanate. Floral leaves 8-10 mm long, densely lanate. Bracts linear, to 5 mm long. Calyx to 9 mm long; tube to 5 mm long, lanate without, glabrous within; lobes lanceolate, to 4 mm long, acuminate. Corolla 1.4-2 cm long; tube to 9 mm long, white, glabrous without; throat pilose towards base of lower lip; Upper lip oblong, 4-6 mm long, obtuse at apex, slightly arched, whitish; lower lip to 1 cm across, coral pink, with 2 white streaks towards base, pilulose without with gland-tipped hairs, the lateral lobes shallowly rounded, the median one larger, broadly orbicular, 2-fid. Style glabrous; branches linear, unequal. Nutlets ovoid, 2.5 x 1.5 mm, trigonous, glabrous, blackish-brown and shining.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Flowering and fruiting: November-December\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles<\/span><\/div>\n
Indo-Malesia to Australia<\/span><\/div>\n
(From India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Nagamalai 210713 TBN 2 for id<\/a> : Attachments (5). 4 posts by 3 authors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Please identify this plant details of which are as follows:<\/div>\n
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Location :Nagamalai hills, 20 km west of Madurai<\/span><\/div>\n
Altitude :500 to 700 ft<\/span><\/div>\n
Habitat :wild, base of rocky hill<\/span><\/div>\n
Habit :shrub<\/span><\/div>\n
Height :2 to 3 ft<\/span><\/div>\n
Leaves :opposite<\/span><\/div>\n
Flowers :pinkish
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It looks like Anisomeles malabarica<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Yes Anisomeles malabarica<\/i> from me too.<\/p>\n

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Plant for ID 27072013 CS 1 : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 3 authors.<\/a>
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\n<\/i>Location : <\/span>Enabavi, Warrangal
\n<\/span>Habit: <\/span>herbaceaous erect weed with faint fragrant leaves<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Can it be Anisomeles malabarica<\/i>? It seems to be similar to what I had sent recently which was identified by … However, I do not know the differentiating features when compared with A indica<\/i>.
\nI believe that these two show Ornithophily
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It is Anisomeles malabarica (L.) R.Br. ex Sims; it is known as <\/i>magabeera<\/b> in telugu. It is common throughout A.P.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lamiaceae (including Verbenaceae) Fortnight : Lamiaceae : Anisomeles malabarica : Nasik : 18MAY15 : AK-33 : 33\/35 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)<\/a>
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TSP-JUN2016-11-399: Images of Anisomeles malabarica (Lamiaceae)\u00a0: 3 posts by 2 authors. <\/a>Attachments (5)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It is my pleasure to present\u00a0few images of Anisomeles malabarica\u00a0 (<\/i>Lamiaceae<\/i>)\u00a0<\/span>
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Ref: <\/span>http:\/\/florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in\/hjcb2\/herbsheet.php?id=2432&cat=1<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ref: http:\/\/www.flowersofindia.net\/Malabar%20Catmint.html<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Habit: Herb<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Habitat: Wild, Wasteland<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sighting: Gubbi, Tumkur, Karnataka, about 800 msl<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Date: 03-11-2015<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The plant that i am posting grows about 2 kms away from the Eastern coast of kanyakumari. <\/span>the general plant profile of that area is thorny scrub.<\/span>
\nThis is a herbaceous plant and the flowers are actually pink in colour. Because of the shade I guess, my camera kept producing a blue colour.\u00a0 Advice is also welcome as to what to do under such circumstances, because most of the pink coloured flowers phtographed recently are coming out as blue coloured.
\nPlant is quite hairy and i though it probably belonged to Family Labiatae<\/i>? Does it? It grows amongst the flowers that i have posted earlier Id reqested please.<\/div>\n
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\u00bf Anisomeles indica<\/i> ?<\/p>\n

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Thank you, checked a couple of leads for description as well as photos on flickr\u00a0 confirmed it to be Anisomeles indica<\/i><\/p>\n

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I think this is Anisomeles malabarica<\/i><\/span> (L.) R.Br. ex Sims<\/u><\/span><\/a>\u00a0as per images herein.<\/p>\n

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Lamiaceae: Anisomeles malabaricus<\/a>: 2 high res. images.
\nAnisomeles malabaricus<\/em> from Andhra University Botanical Garden,<\/span> Visakhapatnam, Andhra pradesh on 24\/02\/2024<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nSeeds are used for knee pain<\/span>
\nSeeds are soaked in water overnight\u00a0and in the morning\u00a0mix it well and consumed.<\/span>
\nThese leaves also used to lighten oil lamp<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yes! Sir thank you for your info. It can be easily propagated with stem cuttings<\/span><\/p>\n

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615 ID wild plant<\/a>: 12 high res. images.
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\nLocation:\u00a0Checkanurani Madurai Tamilnadu\u00a0 INDIA<\/span>
\nAltitude:\u00a0190fsl<\/span>
\nFlower date:\u00a026AUG2024, 06.05pm<\/span>
\nHabitat:\u00a0wild moisture rocky evergreen misty grassland<\/span>
\nPlant habit:\u00a0small tomentose erect branched greenish silvery shrub, weak angular stem 01cm base diameter, annual<\/span>
\nHeight:\u00a004 feet<\/span>
\nLeaves:\u00a0dicot opposite elliptic acute leathery tomentose serrated margins, size upto: 08\u00d74cm<\/span>
\nFlower:\u00a0terminal densely spike inflorescence, size:11x5mm, violet, non fragrant<\/span>
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\nCamera:\u00a0CANON EOS1500D +FL10x<\/p>\n

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Anisomeles malabarica\u00a0<\/i>(L.) R.Br.<\/p>\n

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Yes, it is\u00a0Anisomeles malabarica,<\/i> dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant<\/p>\n

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Yes, appears close as per images at
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Yes ! Anisomeles malabarica<\/em> only<\/p>\n

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Which lamiaceae shrub?<\/a>: 4 images- 1 high res.
\nGranitic soils in grassland<\/span> near Hyderabad<\/span>
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Anisomeles indica\u00a0<\/i>(L.) Kuntze<\/p>\n

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Plant for ID: Botanical garden: Howrah<\/a>: 5 images.
\nCan you please help ID this plant photographed at Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, West Bengal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Plant List<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/span>GRIN<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Flowers of India<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Wikipedia<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Anisomeles malabarica (L.) Sims: FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>http:\/\/www.impgc.com\/plantinfo_A.php?id=1808<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anisomeles malabarica (L.) R.Br. ex Sims, Bot. Mag. 46: t. 2071 1819. (Syn. Ajuga fruticosa Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Anisomeles cuneata J.Jacq.; Anisomeles intermedia Wight ex Benth.; Craniotome mauritianum (Pers.) Bojer; Epimeredi malabaricus (L.) Rothm.; Nepeta malabarica L.; Nepeta pallida Salisb.; Stachys mauritiana Pers.;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (=) Anisomeles salviifolia R. Br.); . Malabar Catmint…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5300],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1389712","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-anisomeles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1389712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1389712"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1389712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1525989,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1389712\/revisions\/1525989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1389712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1389712"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1389712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}