• Family : LAMIACEAE
  (Mint Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Basionym : Ocimum molle Aiton
• Synonym(s) : Plectranthus incanus Link
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Plectranthus mollis (Aiton) Spreng.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 1000 m; gregarious by village wastelands and roadsides, among rocks on exposed slopes
• Flower, Fruit : September-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Malappuram district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Bargarh district, Bolangir 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, Himalaya
• 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; 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.; 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=Plectranthus mollis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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