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Pogostemon speciosus
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Pogostemon speciosus Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 31. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 637. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1134(793). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 324. 1998.
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Description:
Erect shrubs; stem covered with deflexed hairs. Leaves to 7 x 5 cm, ovate, rounded at base, irregularly crenate, strigose; nerves 5-pairs. Spikes 10 cm long, solitary terminal; rachis reflexed hairy; bracts and bracteoles minute, linear. Flowers many, perpendicular to the axis or deflexed; calyx 6 mm long, lobes acute to acuminate, strigose along the nerves outside; corolla yellow to white, 11 mm long, lobes obtuse, hairy; filaments hairy at extreme base; ovary densely glandular.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South 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):
Yellow, 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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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vellimala
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