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Pogostemon atropurpureus
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Pogostemon atropurpureus Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 154. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 636. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1134(793). 1924.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kuzhaloothipazham
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Description:
Erect shrubs; branches velvety having the hair reflexed. Leaves opposite, up to 10 x 5 cm, ovate, acute, cuneate often unequally at base, doubly crenate, dark velvety on both sides, long-petioled,. Racemes up to 20 cm long, nearly 2.5 cm in diameter, whorls of racemules very crowded except one or two lower, spreading or reflexed. Flowers small, dark purple. Calyx very densely villous, tubular, equally 5-lobed, lobes short. Corolla-tube slender, exserted. Stamens 4, exserted, subequal; filaments not bearded, but usually slightly villous at base; anther-cells confluent. Ovary 4-partite; style slender, 2-fid with slender stigmatic lobes. Fruit of 4 smooth, dry nutlets, one face often angled.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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