Leucas marrubioides

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Photographs by: 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