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Orthosiphon thymiflorus (Roth) Sleesen

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Orthosiphon thymiflorus (Roth) Sleesen
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymOcimum suffrutescens Schumach.
synonymOcimum thonningii Thonn.
synonymOcimum thymiflorum Roth
synonymOcimum triste Roth
synonymOrthosiphon australis Vatke
synonymOrthosiphon buryi S.Moore
synonymOrthosiphon calaminthoides Baker
synonymOrthosiphon chevalieri Briq.
synonymOrthosiphon coloratus Vatke
synonymOrthosiphon glabratus Benth.
synonymOrthosiphon glabratus var. africanus Benth.
synonymOrthosiphon glabratus var. parviflorus (Benth.) Gamble
synonymOrthosiphon heterochrous Briq.
synonymOrthosiphon hildebrandtii Baker, nom. illeg.
synonymOrthosiphon inconcinnus Briq.
synonymOrthosiphon iodocalyx Briq.
synonymOrthosiphon liebrechtsiauum Briq.
synonymOrthosiphon longipes Baker
synonymOrthosiphon marmoritis (Hance) Dunn
synonymOrthosiphon merkeri Gürke
synonymOrthosiphon mollis Baker
synonymOrthosiphon mombasicus Baker
synonymOrthosiphon neglectus Briq.
synonymOrthosiphon petiolaris Miq.
synonymOrthosiphon rabaiensis S.Moore
synonymOrthosiphon rabaiensis var. parvifolia S.Moore
synonymOrthosiphon roseus Briq.
synonymOrthosiphon silvicola Gürke
synonymOrthosiphon sinensis Hemsl.
synonymOrthosiphon somalensis Vatke
synonymOrthosiphon stuhlmannii Gürke
synonymOrthosiphon suffrutescens (Schumach.) J.K.Morton
synonymOrthosiphon tenuifrons Briq.
synonymOrthosiphon thymiflorus var. viscosus (Benth.) Sleesen
synonymOrthosiphon tomentosus var. glabratus (Benth.) Hook.f.
synonymOrthosiphon tomentosus var. parviflorus Benth.
synonymOrthosiphon tomentosus var. rubiginosus C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.
synonymOrthosiphon tomentosus var. viscosus (Benth.) Hook.f.
synonymOrthosiphon usambarensis Gürke
synonymOrthosiphon viatorum S.Moore
synonymOrthosiphon viscosus Benth.
synonymOrthosiphon wilmsii Gürke
synonymPlectranthus bolusii T.Cooke
synonymPlectranthus marmoritis Hance
synonymPlectranthus thymiflorus (Roth) Spreng.
synonymPlectranthus tristis (Roth) Spreng.
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Chilantippatam
Irula
  • Raja tulsi
Malayalam
  • Chilannippadam
  • Kattuthritha
Other
  • Chilannippadam
  • Cilannipattam (Mal & Tam)
  • Pratanika (Sanskrit)
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
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
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    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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      Habit: An erect subshrub, upto 1m.
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        Erect herbs; stem hirtus. Leaves opposite, 5 x 3 cm, ovate, base rounded or cordate, acute at apex, thinly tomentose below; nerves 6-8 pairs; petioles to 3 cm long. Racemes 15-20 cm long, terminal, with distant whorls of flowers. Flowers 5-6 in a whorl; pedicels 2-3 mm long; calyx 6-7 mm long, deflexed, 2-lipped; upper lip broad, entire, lower lip 4-lobed, lobes subulate, hairy; corolla 13 mm long, 2-lipped, tube 9 mm long, cylindric, upper lip 4-lobed, lower lip cup-shaped; stamens 4, included, declinate, style slender, stigma terminal, capitate. Nutlets 2-4, orbicular, pitted.
        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
        Contributors 
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: October-May
          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
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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            Morphology

            Growth Form

            Shrub
            Shrub
            Flower

            In terminal, trichotomous racemes; white. Flowering throughout the year.

            Fruit

            An erect nutlet, basilar, enclosed in enlarged persistent calyx. Fruiting throughout the year.

            Field tips

            Branchlets 4-angular. Leaves aromatic when crushed.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Opposite-decussate

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Ovate-elliptic

            Leaf Apex

            Acute

            Leaf Base

            Truncate-cuneate

            Leaf Margin

            Serrate

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              Miscellaneous Details
              Notes: Dry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous 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
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
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                No Data
                📚 Habitat and Distribution
                General Habitat
                Degraded moist and dry deciduous forests and waste lands
                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
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
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                  Common on the slopes, in crevices of rocks, common, by arable lands or as colonizer along the road. Found on hills above 600m. Sri Lanka to Indo-China, Malaysia.
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                    Description
                    Global Distribution

                    Indo-Malesia

                    Indian distribution

                    State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                    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
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
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                    References 
                      Maharashtra: Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Thane Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Mysore, S. Kanara Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts
                      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
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
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                        Found along roadsides and rocky crevices from hills above 600m. Common. India, Sri Lanka to Indo-China and Malesia.
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                          No Data
                          📚 Occurrence
                          No Data
                          📚 Uses and Management
                          Uses

                          System of Medicines Used In

                          Ayurveda
                          Ayurveda
                          System Of Medicines Used In

                          Ayurveda

                          FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1569
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                            Folklore
                            Indigenous Information: The fumes from the leaves cure fever and cough.
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                              No Data
                              📚 Information Listing
                              References
                              1. 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=1569
                              1. Ocimum thymiflorum Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 269. 1821.
                              2. Orthosiphon viscosus Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 14. 1830; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1114(779). 1924.
                              3. Orthosiphon glabratus Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 14. 1830; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1114(779). 1924.
                              4. Orthosiphon thymiflorus (Roth) Sleesen, Reinwardtia 5: 42. 1959; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 324. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 369. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 327. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 652. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 380. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 369. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 284. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 363. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 552. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 321. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 252. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 249. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 584. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 659. 2009.
                              1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                              Information Listing > References
                              1. 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=1569
                              2. Ocimum thymiflorum Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 269. 1821.
                              3. Orthosiphon viscosus Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 14. 1830; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1114(779). 1924.
                              4. Orthosiphon glabratus Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 14. 1830; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1114(779). 1924.
                              5. Orthosiphon thymiflorus (Roth) Sleesen, Reinwardtia 5: 42. 1959; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 324. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 369. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 327. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 652. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 380. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 369. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 284. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 363. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 552. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 321. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 252. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 249. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 584. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 659. 2009.
                              6. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987

                              New plant records for the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India

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                              📚 Meta data
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                              🐾 Taxonomy
                              RootRoot
                              KingdomPlantae
                              PhylumTracheophyta
                              ClassMagnoliopsida
                              OrderLamiales
                              FamilyLamiaceae
                              GenusOrthosiphon
                              SpeciesOrthosiphon thymiflorus (Roth) Sleesen
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