Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Ocimum aristatum Blume |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
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.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Alappuzha, Thrissur
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Global Distribution
India: Assam, Manipur, Nagaland
Local Distribution
Assam
Kerala: Alapuzha, Palakkad, Thrissur
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
Traditional chinese medicine
Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2482
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2482 |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Ocimum aristatum Blume, Bijdr. 833. 1826.
- Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 2: 943. 1858; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 363. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 249. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 583. 2009.
- Orthosiphon stamineus Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 15. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 615. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1115(780). 1924.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2482
Information Listing > References
- Ocimum aristatum Blume, Bijdr. 833. 1826.
- Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 2: 943. 1858; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 363. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 249. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 583. 2009.
- Orthosiphon stamineus Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 15. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 615. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1115(780). 1924.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2482
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Lamiales |
Family | Lamiaceae |
Genus | Orthosiphon |
Species | Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq. |
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