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Teucrium tomentosum
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Family:
LAMIACEAE/LABIATAE
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Citation: Teucrium tomentosum Heyne ex Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 58. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 700. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1158(809). 1924; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 365. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 326. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 254. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 252. 2002.
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Description:
Erect shrubs; branchlets tomentose. Leaves simple, opposite, to11 x 6 cm, ovate, acute at apex, rounded at base, crenate, hairy along nerves; petiole 1-3 cm long. Racemes panicled, terminal and axillary; bracts 3 mm long, ovate, small; flowers closely packed; pedicellate. Calyx 6 mm long, lobed near the apex, lobes equal, acute, hairy. Corolla yellow to white, 11 mm long, upper lip absent, lower lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes smaller. Stamens didynamous, filaments glabrous; anthers reniform. Style filiform, stigma bifid. Nutlets 4, basely united, globular, reticulately pitted, glandular.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thrissur, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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:
Karimala Hills, Nellimedu, Olikkudy, Mangaladevi, Karimala, Devicolam
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