Isodon coetsa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kudô

 
  • Family : LAMIACEAE
    (Mint Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
  • Basionym : Plectranthus coetsa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Synonym(s) : Rabdosia coetsa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara; Plectranthus menthoides Benth.; Plectranthus macraei Benth.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Isodon coetsa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kudo
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands, Open areas and forest edges
  • Key identification features : Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves ovate. Flowers purple or purplish-blue, in terminal or axillary-paniculate cymes. All the characters are similar to the species but differs in stems being densely puberulous and leaves densely pilose above and flocose-pilose beneath
  • Flower, Fruit : October-March
  • Collection Nos : KFP 12470
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Maharashtra : Satara district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills, Kalrayan Hills, Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Chitteri Hills, Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills, Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
    • Yoganarasimhan, SN., Subramanyam and Razi, BA (1981). Flora of Chikmagalur District, Karnataka. Intl, Book Distri., Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India
    • Gamble, 1924. Fl. Pres. Madr. Vol. 2. pp. 1121
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 293-295
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. pp.719. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Isodon coetsa. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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