• Family : LAMIACEAE
  (Mint Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Basionym : Mentha myosuroides Roth
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not found in The Plant List
• Vernacular name : Ratisarugudu (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Rocky terrain, open deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : October-January
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy & Arun Singh R
• Collection Date : 26/11/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0253
• Collection Locality : Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district
  • Odisha : Keonjhar district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvallur 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamilnadu, India vol. 2.
• 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=Pogostemon myosuroides. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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