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Isodon coesta
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Isodon coesta (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Kudo, Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoka Imp. Univ. 2: 131. 1929; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 322. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 253. 1999.
Plectranthus coesta Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 117. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 619. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1121(784). 1924.
Plectranthus coesta var. macraei (Benth.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 619. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1121(784). 1924.
Plectranthus macraei Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 42. 1832.
Plectranthus menthoides Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 17. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 620. 1885.
Rabdosia japonica (Burm.f.) Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 47: 196. 1972.
Scutellaria japonica Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 130. 1768.
Plectranthus japonicus (Burm. f.) Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 386. 1929.
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Description:
Large herbs, hirsute. Leaves to 7 x 3 cm, ovate, acute at apex, base obtuse, crenate, slightly decurrent to petiole, scabrous above, white pubescent below; petiole to 2 cm. Panicles axillary and terminal, to 20 cm; flowers blue; bracts 1 mm, ovate; calyx tube 1 mm, lobes 1 mm, ovate, 5-ribbed, pubescent outside; corolla 6 mm, slightly curved, pubescent outside; filaments 3 mm; ovary 1 mm, oblong.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-March
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
South Asia
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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):
Blue, White
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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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Endemic to:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Lock-hert gap
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