• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : VERBENACEAE
• Basionym : Verbena javanica Burm.f.; Lippia unica Ramakr.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng.
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Along banks of rivers and in deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional in clumps in moist places
• Key identification features : A stongly aromatic shrub, generally with citrus odor.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 25/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0515
• Collection Locality : Khurda to Nayagarh road side, Khurda district (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Sambalpur district, Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district
• Native : Tropical America, West Indies
• World Distribution : Naturalized in old World
• 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; 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=Lippia javanica. Downloaded on 4 June 2025.

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