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Leucas zeylanica (L.) W.T.Aiton
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"Maharashtra: Nasik, Pune, Thane Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Mysore Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni"
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Global Distribution
South and South East Asia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan [India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka]
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Herbs erect, ca. 40 cm tall. Stems hispid-villous or villous-hirsute. Petiole ca. 5 mm; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 3.5-5 × 0.5-1 cm, sparsely strigose, densely so on veins and densely yellowish glandular abaxially, base cuneate-attenuate, margin remotely crenate-serrate above base, apex acuminate, lateral veins 3 or 4 pairs. Verticillasters ca. 1.5 cm in diam., subequal, few flowered, sparsely hispid; bracts linear, mostly shorter than calyx tube, apex somewhat spinescent. Calyx tubular-campanulate, slightly curved, basally glabrous, slightly corrugate, sparsely hispid at apex outside, minutely hispid inside, veins inconspicuous, not hispid; mouth oblique, slightly constricted; teeth 8 or 9, spinescent, ca. 1 mm. Corolla white or white with purple spots, ca. 1.2 mm; tube slender, straight, slightly enlarged, densely villous near throat, subglabrous at base outside, villous annulate inside; lower lip ca. 2 × as long as upper lip, spreading, lateral lobes ovate; middle lobe largest, elliptic, undulate on margin. Nutlets chestnut brown, ellipsoid, subtriquetrous, shiny. Fl. and fr. year round.
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"Small erect herbs; branches villous. Leaves to 6 x 1 cm, elliptic, obtuse at apex, scabrous; petiole 5 mm long. Heads terminal and upper axillary; bracts 6 mm long, linear, acute, ciliate. Flowers 10-20 in a head; calyx 6 mm long, mouth slightly oblique, teeth 1 mm long, scabrous; corolla tube 7 mm long, upper lip obovate, with black hairs, midlobe of lower lip rounded."
Habit: Herb
Phlomis zeylanica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 586. 1753.
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"Grasslands and savannahs, aslo in the plains"
Seashores, fields, roadsides, sunny waste slopes; 0-300 m.
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Flowering and fruiting: May-July