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Endostemon viscosus
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Endostemon viscosus (Roth) M.R.Ashby, J. Bot. 74: 126. 1936.
Ocimum viscosum Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 274. 1821.
Orthosiphon tomentosum Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 14. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 613. 1885.
Ocimum diffusum Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 14. 1830.
Orthosiphon diffusus (Benth.) Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 50. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 613. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1113(779). 1924.
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Description:
Subshrub, from a woody base; branchlets puberulous, 4-gonous, become terete later. Leaves decussate, elliptic to (sub) orbicular, to 2 x 1.5 cm, densely pubescent below, base truncate, margin crenate, apex obtuse; petiole to 1 cm. Flowers in whorls of 6, on a terminal 3-chotomous raceme; peduncle to 9 cm, bracts ovate; pedicel 0.5 cm. Calyx-tube villous within, limb 2-lipped, 1 + 4; upper lip ovate-suborbicular, 1.5 cm; lower mid (2) lobes longer, lanceolate, hirsute without. Corolla pinkish, 4.5 x 2.5 cm wide; tube 3 mm; limb 2-lipped, 4 + 1; upper lip ovate, 3 mm; lower lip 3.5 mm, hairy along throat. Stamens 4, didynamous, descending into lower lip; filaments 2 mm; anthers 2-celled. Disk anteriorly developed. Nutlets erect, basilar, enclosed in accrescent calyx.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Scrub jungles and rocky slopes
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink, Violet
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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