- Family : LAMIACEAE
(Mint Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
- Synonym(s) : Leonurus indicus L.; Leucas indica (L.) Vatke; Leucas malabarica W.Theob.; Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng.; Phlomis linifolia Roth
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Leucas lavandulifolia Sm.
- Vernacular name :
- Thumbe (Kannada)
- Mosappullu (Tamil)
- Goiso (Hindi)
- Guma halkusa, Kunja (Hindi)
- Pula thummi (Telugu)
- Rudraspushpam, Thumba (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Rocky areas in moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Often on hills to 1400m in a variety of habitats, by waysides, river banks, on shallow exposed slopes by rocks, locally abundant in unweeded farmlands.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh
- Collection Date : 13/09/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0045
- Collection Locality : Jamunamarthur, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Davanagare district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Pune district
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap
- Assam : Assam
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, China, India, Jawa, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, China, India, Jawa, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 285
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leucas lavandulifolia. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.
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