Lavandula bipinnata

• Botanical Name : Lavandula bipinnata (Roth) Kuntze
• Synonyms : Lavandula burmanni Benth.
• Common Name : Asamani galgoto
• Plant Family : Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

• According to the Rules of ICBN the names of the families should end in -aceae. Thus the new name for the family Labiatae became Lamiaceae. However, the name Labiatae is also exempted and conserved under 'Nomina Conservanda' because of their constant use for a long time.

• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Lavandula bipinnata Plant :

• Habit : An erect, stout or slender herb.
• Stem : Simple or branched, quadrangular, white-pubescent.
• Leaves : Sessile or sub-sessile, pinnatisect, simple or cut or tooted, obtuse, pubescent on both sides, deep-green upper and pale beneath.
• Flowers : Pale-white or blue, in spikes which are solitary or few or subumbellate, white pubescent.
• Fruit : Nutlets, ellipsoid, smooth, black with a large oblong areole on dorsal side, mucilaginous.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : August-November
• Significance :
  • The tops of the plant are eaten by cattle.
  • The paste of the roots is used as an external application for stings and bites of poisonous animals.