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Plectranthus glabratus
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Plectranthus glabratus (Benth.) Alston in Trim., Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 236. 1931; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 660. 2009.
Coleus glabratus Benth., Labiat. Gen. Sp. 58. 1832.
Coleus wightii Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 58. 1832.
Plectranthus coleoides Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 64. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 622. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1122(785). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 252. 1999.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Padappayila
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Fleshy subshrubs, pubescent. Leaves to 18 x 12 cm, ovate-elliptic, membranous, puberulus, acuminate, base obtuse or slightly truncate, margin coarsely and prominently truncate; petiole to 10 cm. Panicles of racemes terminal, to 25 cm long, racemes to 3.5 cm; flowers pink. Fruiting calyx 2-lipped to 8 mm, upper lip entire, ovate, lower lip 4-toothed, teeth unequal, glabrous. Nutlets 4, oblong, 2 x 2 mm, brown, shining.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Olikkudy
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