• Family : LAMIACEAE
  (Mint Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Anisochilus scaber Benth.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Rocky areas in moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Often on shallow soil; among rocks on exposed slopes.
• Flower, Fruit : September-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; 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=Anisochilus scaber. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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