- Family : LAMIACEAE
(Mint Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
- Synonym(s) : Hetrepta lavandulifolia (Sm.) Raf.; Leonurus indicus L.; Leonurus malebaricus J.Koenig ex Rottb.; Leucas indica (L.) Vatke; Leucas malabarica W.Theob.; Leucas brownii Briq.; Leucas indica var. decipiens (Hook.f.) Bennet; Leucas lavandulifolia var. decipiens (Hook.f.) Chandrab. & S.R.Sriniv.; Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng.; Leucas linifolia var. decipiens Hook.f.; Phlomis linifolia Roth
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Leucas lavandulifolia Sm.
- Vernacular name :
- Thumbe (Kannada)
- Mosappullu (Tamil)
- Goiso (Hindi)
- Guma halkusa, Kunja (Hindi)
- Pula thummi (Telugu)
- Rudraspushpam, Thumba (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Rocky areas in moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Often on hills to 1400m in a variety of habitats, by waysides, river banks, on shallow exposed slopes by rocks, locally abundant in unweeded farmlands.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh
- Collection Date : 13/09/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0045
- Collection Locality : Jamunamarthur, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Davanagere district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Pune district
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap
- Assam : Assam
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, China, India, Jawa, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, China, India, Jawa, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand
- 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
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 285
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leucas lavandulifolia
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leucas lavandulifolia. Downloaded on 30 January 2026.
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