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Leucas marrubioides
Leucas marrubioides
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Dr. Maulik Gadani
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Botanical Name :
Leucas marrubioides
Desf.
Synonyms :
Leucas javanica
var.
Montana
Zoll.
Common Name :
Horehound Leucas
Plant Family :
Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
Plant Form :
Herb
Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Indroda Park
About Leucas marrubioides Plant :
Habit :
An erect, stout herb, often scandent with branchlets quadrangular, deflexed.
Leaves :
Opposite-decussate, simple, ovate, hoary-tomentose below, base truncate, margin creanate-serrate, apex acute, petiolate.
Inflorescence :
Verticillaster
Flowers :
Bracteate, bracts filiform.
Calyx tubular, 10-toothed, mouth straight, teeth lanceolate, unequal, acuminate.
Corolla bilipped, upper lip villous, lower glabrous.
Stamens 4, filament pairs 3.
Fruit :
A nutlet, 4 sub-trigonous.
Flowering and Fruiting Time :
November - December