• Family : LAMIACEAE
  (Mint Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Leucas montana (Roth) Spreng.
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Dry forests in hills
• Key identification features : Straggling plant
• Flower, Fruit : November-March
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & Arun Singh; Arun Singh & Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 12-09-2014; 31-10-2015
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0022; HJCB-0376
• Collection Locality : Pudunuru R.F., Javadu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN); Swamy malai Hills, Vellore district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Telangana : Mehboobnagar district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Mysuru district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Salem district, Tiruvannamalai district, Thanjavur district
• Native : India
• Endemism : India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leucas montana. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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