Plectranthus ternifolius D.Don

 
  • Family : LAMIACEAE
    (Mint Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Rabdosia ternifolia (D.Don) H.Hara; Rabdosiella ternifolia (D.Don) Codd; Elsholtzia lychnitis H.Lév. & Vaniot; Elsholtzia thompsonii Hook.f.; Ocimum ternifolium Spreng.; Plectranthus buckia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Plectranthus hosseusii Muschl.; Teucrium esquirolii H.Lév.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Isodon ternifolius (D.Don) Kudô
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : In open grassy places
  • Key identification features : Bushy shrubs, up to 2 m high; branches densely tomentose; Leaves in whorls of 3-4, lanceolate or elliptic-Ianceolate, subsessile, densely tomentose; Flowers in verticillasters on dense, terminal, cylindric spikes, white with pinkish tinge; Nutlets ovoid-trigonous.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-January
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Myanmar, S. China, Indo-China
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 296
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Plectranthus ternifolius. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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India Distribution

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