- Family : LAMIACEAE
(Mint Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
- Basionym : Ballota suaveolens L.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze
- Common name : American Mint
- Vernacular name :
- Natitulasi (Kannada)
- Bhoostruna (Sanskrit)
- Nattapoochedi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Degraded moist and dry deciduous forests, also in waste places and road sides
- Comments / notes : Naturalized in most parts along roadsides, forest clearence, foothills of scrub and deciduous forests.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Davanagare district, Tumakuru district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district, Karjat
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest,
- World Distribution : Naturalized in tropics
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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.
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hyptis suaveolens. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.
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