Pogostemon quadrifolius (Benth.) F.Muell.

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Brief:

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb

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Distribution:

"Maharashtra: Sindhudurg Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara"

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Distribution:

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Global Distribution

India

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: Kasaragode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Malappuram, Kozhikkode

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Diagnostic:

"Large erect herbs, 1-2 m high; stem angled and ridged; whole plant densely grey-pubescent. Leaves usually 4 in a whorl, 6-10 x 0.5-0.8 cm, linear-lanceolate, acute at apex, attenuate at base, densely gray-pubescent on both sides. Spikes terminal, 10-15 cm long, 0.5-0.8 cm diameter; bracts 0.3-0.4 x 0.1-0.15 cm, ovate-lanceolate. Flowers clustered at axils of bracts. Calyx tube c.0.1 cm long, 5-toothed. Corolla white; tube 0.1-0.15 cm long, 4-lobed. Stamens 4, shortly exserted; filaments bearded. Ovary 4-celled; ovules 1 in each cell; style slender; stigma 2-fid. Nutlets 4, minute."

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Diagnostic:

Habit: Undershrub

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General Habitat:

Scrub jungles in laterite hillocks

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Cyclicity:

Flowering and fruiting: August-December

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Miscellaneous Details:

Notes: Rocky areas

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