Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl.

 
  • Family : LAMIACEAE
    (Mint Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Sideritis ciliata Thunb.; Elsholtzia ciliata var. brevipes C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang; Elsholtzia ciliata var. depauperata C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang; Elsholtzia ciliata var. duplicatocrenata C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang; Elsholtzia ciliata f. leucantha T.Lee; Elsholtzia ciliata var. minima Nakai; Elsholtzia ciliata var. ramosa (Nakai) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li; Elsholtzia ciliata var. remota C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang; Elsholtzia communis var. longipilosa Hand.-Mazz.; Elsholtzia cristata Willd.; Elsholtzia cristata f. leucantha Nakai; Elsholtzia cristata var. ramosa Nakai
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated
  • Key identification features : Erect, simple or branched aromatic herbs or undershrubs, 20-60 m tall, glabrous; Leaves ovate to lanceolate, coarsely serrate, petioles long; Flowers in pubescent axillary or terminal spikes, pink, pale vio!et or mauve; Nutlets oblong, smooth.
  • Flower, Fruit : September- December
  • Distribution :
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Subansiri
  • Native : Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Cambodia, China, Chita, Bhutan, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Islands, Laos, Malaya, Manchuria, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Primorye, Sakhalin, Taiwan, Tha
  • Literature :
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 2.
    • Sir J.D Hooker & C.B., K.C.S.I.(1885). The Flora of British India, vol.4.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 280
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Elsholtzia ciliata. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

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