• Family : LAMIACEAE
  (Mint Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Basionym : Plectranthus rubicundus D.Don
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Orthosiphon rubicundus (D.Don) Benth.
• Vernacular name : Podathulasi, Nela tappidi (Telugu); Chandua (Oria)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : September-August (WG)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Guntur district, Kadapa district, Srikakulam district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Koraput district, Bolangir district
• World Distribution : India, Nepal, China, Myanmar
• 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; 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Davanagere.
• 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=Orthosiphon rubicundus var. rubicundus. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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