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Plectranthus deccanicus
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Plectranthus deccanicus Briq., Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve Tab. tt. 105. 1910 & 106. 1912.
Plectranthus fruticosus Wight ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 623. 1885, non L. Herit. 1788; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1122(785). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 322. 1998.
Coleus fruticosus Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 78. 1848.
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Description:
Large shrubs; stem creeping at base, then with many stiff erect branches and very short internodes. Leaves in whorls, 4-8 per node, c. 8 x 2 mm, narrowly linear, apex acute, puberulous. Flowers pinkish, minute in dense, terminal spikes up to 5 cm long; bracts c. 2 mm long, persistent. Calyx c. 2 mm long, campanulate, pubescent; lobes triangular, erect or slightly inflexed. Corolla 1.5-2 mm long; tube c.1mm long; lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse, hairy without. Stamens 4, much exserted, bearded with purple hairs. Style flattened. Nutlets ellipsoid, smooth, yellowish brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-June
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Often grown as live fence in the high ranges
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
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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Endemic to:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kalvarimala
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