Calamintha gracilis Benth.

 
  • Family : LAMIACEAE
    (Mint Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Satureja gracilis (Benth.) Nakai; Calamintha argyi H.Lév.; Calamintha confinis Hance; Calamintha moluccana Miq.; Calamintha radicans Vaniot; Clinopodium confine (Hance) Kuntze; Clinopodium confine var. globosum C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan ex H.W.Li; Satureja confinis (Hance) Kudô
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Clinopodium gracile (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Prostrate herbs, up to 30 cm high; branches slender, faintly puberulous; Leaves ovate, rounded or shortly cuneate at base, margin serrate or serrulate, puberulous; Flowers in lax whorls, in axillary or tenninal racemes, purplish; Nutlets pale brown, smooth.
  • Flower, Fruit : June- October
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Lohit, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Borneo, China, Bhutan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • World Distribution : Borneo, China, Bhutan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 278
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Calamintha gracilis. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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