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Pogostemon benghalensis (Burm.f.) Kuntze
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"Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous Forests"
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub
"Maharashtra: Dhule, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kollam, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta , Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Namakkal, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni"
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Global Distribution
India
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Himalaya (Kumaun to Nepal), India.
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150-1300 m
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"Scandent herbs; stem terete, villous. Leaves to 6 x 2 cm, lanceolate, acute, rounded at base, crenulate, densely glandular villous. Spike 7 x 1 cm, cylindrical, terminal; bracts ovate, bracteoles lanceolate. Flowers many, densely packed; calyx 1.5 mm long; lobes 5, equal; corolla 3 mm long; lobes 4, equal, obtuse, hairy; stamens 4, filaments bearded, anthers 1-celled; ovary glabrous, style slender, stigma 2-lobed. Nutlets glabrous, smooth, brown."
Habit: Shrub
Evergreen forests
Flowering and fruiting: January-March