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Lamiaceae Taxonomy Browser
Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq.
EOL Text
"Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests"
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
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Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Alappuzha, Thrissur
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"Kerala: Alapuzha, Palakkad, Thrissur Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore"
"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."
Habit: Herb
"Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains"
Flowering and fruiting: September-December
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