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Anisomeles indica (L.) Kuntze
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"Maharashtra: Common throughout Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts"
Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam].
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Himalaya (Kumaun to Sikkim), India, Ceylon, China, Malaysia.
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200-2400 m
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Stems erect, 1-2 m tall, branched, densely appressed white pubescent. Petiole 1-4.5 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate, 4-9 × 2.5-6.5 cm, adaxially finely strigose especially on veins, abaxially densely white minutely tomentose, tomentose on veins, base broadly truncate-cuneate, margin irregularly dentate, apex acute or short acuminate. Spikes ca. 2.5 cm in diam.; floral leaves short petiolate or ± sessile, longer than verticillasters; bracts 3-4 mm. Calyx ca. 6 mm, hirsute, glandular pubescent, yellow glandular; teeth purple-red, triangular-lanceolate, ca. 2.7 mm, ciliate. Corolla purplish, ca. 1.3 cm, glabrous outside; tube funnelform, mouth to 3.5 mm wide; upper lip oblong, 4.5-5 × 3 mm, margin entire; lower lip subhorizontally spreading, ca. 9 × 5 mm; middle lobe obcordate, ca. 3 × 4.5 mm, slightly undulate, bearded; lateral lobes ovate. Ovary glabrous. Nutlets ca. 1.5 mm in diam. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. Sep-Nov.
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"Erect, aromatic woody herbs, 1-1.5 m high, stem 4-angled, grooved on opposite sides, densely pubescent. Leaves 3-7 x 2.5-4.5 cm, broadly ovate to obovate, base turncate, margin coarsely serrate-crenate, apex acute, tomentose on both sides; petiole to 3 cm long. Flowers in axillary sessile clusters or in terminal interrupted spikes. Calyx campanulate; tube 4-5 mm long; lobes 5. c. 2 mm long, ovate, ciliate on margin. Corolla pale pink, 1-1.4 cm long, 2-lipped. Stamens 4, didynamous, exserted; filaments hairy; anthers of upper pair 2-celled, of lower 1-celled. Ovary 4-partite; style slender; stigma 2-fid; disc subentire. Nutlets 4, lenticular, reddish-brown."
Habit: Shrubby Herb
Nepeta indica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 571. 1753; Anisomeles ovata R. Brown; Epimeredi indica (Linnaeus) Rothmaler; Marrubium indicum (Linnaeus) Burman.
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Dry and moist deciduous forests and wastelands
Forest margins, waste areas; 0-2400 m.
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