Leonurus japonicus Houtt.

 
  • Family : LAMIACEAE
    (Mint Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Leonurus altissimus Bunge ex Benth.; Leonurus artemisia (Lour.) S.Y.Hu; Leonurus artemisia var. albiflorus (Migo) S.Y.Hu; Leonurus cuneifolius Raf.; Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet; Leonurus heterophyllus f. leucanthus C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li; Leonurus intermedius Didr.; Leonurus japonicus f. albiflorus (Migo) Y.C.Zhu; Leonurus japonicus f. niveus (A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov) H.Hara; Leonurus mexicanus Sessé & Moc.; Leonurus sibiricus Anon.; Leonurus sibiricus var. albiflorus Migo; Leonurus sibiricus f. niveus A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov; Stachys artemisia Lour.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Leonurus japonicus Houtt.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Annual herbs; stems erect, branches bluntly quadrangular, grooved, finely hairy; Leaves pinnate or palmati-partite, segments linear, incised, pubescent; petioles long; Flowers in axillary, dense, congested whorls forming interrupted spikes, red or pink; Nutlets truncate, smooth.
  • Flower, Fruit : October- June
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Amur, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Khabarovsk, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Amur, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Khabarovsk, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, Xinjiang
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 284-285
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leonurus japonicus. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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