• Family : LAMIACEAE
  (Mint Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Plectranthus pulneyensis Hook.f.; Isodon wightii (Benth.) H.Hara
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Isodon wightii (Benth.) H.Hara
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands
• Comments / notes : In moist and shady places on hills, along stream banks and shola floor
• Flower, Fruit : December-February
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & Neol Sebastian
• Collection Date : 13-01-2019
• Collection Nos : HJCB-2266
• Collection Locality : Kakkachi, KMTR, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular 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; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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=Plectranthus wightii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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