Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Ocimum adscendens Wight ex Hook.f. |
| synonym | Ocimum diffusum Benth. |
| synonym | Ocimum glaucum B.Heyne ex Hook.f. |
| synonym | Ocimum menthoides B.Heyne ex Roth |
| synonym | Ocimum viscosum Roth |
| synonym | Orthosiphon diffusus (Benth.) Benth. |
| synonym | Orthosiphon hispidus Benth. |
| synonym | Orthosiphon tomentosus Benth. |
| synonym | Orthosiphon tristis Benth. |
| synonym | Plectranthus viscosus (Roth) Spreng. |
🗒 Common Names
| No Data |
📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Subshrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Subshrub, from a woody base; branchlets puberulous, 4-gonous, become terete later. Leaves decussate, elliptic to (sub) orbicular, to 2 x 1.5 cm, densely pubescent below, base truncate, margin crenate, apex obtuse; petiole to 1 cm. Flowers in whorls of 6, on a terminal 3-chotomous raceme; peduncle to 9 cm, bracts ovate; pedicel 0.5 cm. Calyx-tube villous within, limb 2-lipped, 1 + 4; upper lip ovate-suborbicular, 1.5 cm; lower mid (2) lobes longer, lanceolate, hirsute without. Corolla pinkish, 4.5 x 2.5 cm wide; tube 3 mm; limb 2-lipped, 4 + 1; upper lip ovate, 3 mm; lower lip 3.5 mm, hairy along throat. Stamens 4, didynamous, descending into lower lip; filaments 2 mm; anthers 2-celled. Disk anteriorly developed. Nutlets erect, basilar, enclosed in accrescent calyx.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Plains, Dry Localities
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Scrub jungles and rocky slopes
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
India and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Orthosiphon tomentosum Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 14. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 613. 1885.
- Orthosiphon diffusus (Benth.) Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 50. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 613. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1113(779). 1924.
- Endostemon viscosus (Roth) M.R.Ashby, J. Bot. 74: 126. 1936.
- Ocimum viscosum Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 274. 1821.
- Ocimum diffusum Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 14. 1830.
- Matthew 1983, Matthew 1999; A. Rajendran, K. Ravikumar & A.N. Henry 2002
Information Listing > References
- Orthosiphon tomentosum Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 14. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 613. 1885.
- Orthosiphon diffusus (Benth.) Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 50. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 613. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1113(779). 1924.
- Endostemon viscosus (Roth) M.R.Ashby, J. Bot. 74: 126. 1936.
- Ocimum viscosum Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 274. 1821.
- Ocimum diffusum Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 14. 1830.
- Matthew 1983, Matthew 1999; A. Rajendran, K. Ravikumar & A.N. Henry 2002
No Data
🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Lamiales |
| Family | Lamiaceae |
| Genus | Endostemon |
| Species | Endostemon viscosus (Roth) M.R.Ashby |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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