Herbarium JCB

Leucas biflora (Vahl) R.Br.

Family : LAMIACEAE
(Mint Family)
Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
Basionym : Phlomis biflora Vahl
Synonym(s) : Leucas biflora var. procumbens (Desf.) Gamble; Leucas procumbens Desf.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Leucas biflora (Vahl) Sm.
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Comments / notes : Occasional on foothills to 900m by river banks, particularly abundant on forest clearings, forest borders etc.
Flower, Fruit : October-April
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R, Raja K.Swamy & Rajasri Ray
Collection Date : 13/09/2014
Collection Nos : HJCB-0051
Collection Locality : Pungalam R.F., Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Belagavi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Koraput district
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
Native : India, Sri Lanka
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
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; 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; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
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=Leucas biflora. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.