- Family : LAMIACEAE
(MINT FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Lamiaceae
- Species : Pogostemon benghalensis
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pogostemon benghalensis (Burm.f.) Kuntze
- Vernacular name : Kasurijang, Gondri poolu (Tel.); Gonda-dulia, Dumbadal, Puka sunga (Ori.)
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-360
- Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R., Navendu Page & K.Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 24/03/16
- Collection Locality : Semmedu, Kolli Hills, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu State
- Habitat : Evergreen forest
- Habit : Undershrub
- Flower, Fruit : December-April
- Native : India
- Comments : Often on hills above 1200 m, on slopes of shola border in discrete clumps.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Araku Valley, Galikonda Hills, Simhachalam Hills (Visakhapatnam district), East Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State)
- World Distribution : India, Himalaya, Myanmar
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Naidu, M.T, O.A. Kumar & M. Venkaiah (2015). Vascular plant diversity in the sacred grove of Modapalli in Viskhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(10): 7683-7690
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Pogostemon benghalensis. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.
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