Pogostemon travancoricus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Pogostemon |
Species: | P. travancoricus
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Binomial name | |
Pogostemon travancoricus Bedd.
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Pogostemon travancoricus is a species of flowering plant growing in southern Western Ghats. [1] [2]
It is a shrub growing up to 2 ft in height. Stem is woody below. Branches are quadrangular and hairy. Leaves are ovate with acute apex and rounded base, crenate- serrate and minutely pubescent above and scabrous below. Flowers are funnel shaped, tube protruding from the sepal tube. Petals are velvet-hairy. Stamens are 1.2 cm long, hairless and prominently protrude out. Calyx is 7 mm long and 12 ribbed. Yellow corolla is 10 mm long with obtuse lobes. [2] [3]
Southern Western Ghats. [2]
Open areas in evergreen forests. [2]