• Family : LAMIACEAE
  (Mint Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Anisochilus dysophylloides var. purpureus (Wight) Gamble; Anisochilus sericeus Benth.; Anisochilus purpureus Wight
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Anisochilus dysophylloides Benth.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Open deciduous forests and rocky areas in Evergreen forests
• Flower, Fruit : December-March
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh & K. Sankara Rao
• Collection Date : 25/10/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-297
• Collection Locality : K.P. Dam, Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Kolar district, Bengaluru district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills, Kalrayan Hills, Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Chitteri Hills, Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills, Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district), The Nilgiri district, Coimbatore district
• Endemism : Deccan Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
• 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=Anisochilus dysophylloides. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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