• 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 stricta Benth.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Deciduous forests and waste places
• Comments / notes : Occasional on gravelly slopes
• Flower, Fruit : August-February
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Sankara Rao
• Collection Date : 26/10/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0210
• Collection Locality : Papavinasanum, Tirumal Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district, Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Alappuzha district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district
• World Distribution : India to Indo-China
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
• 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 stricta. Downloaded on 4 April 2025.

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