Leucas molissima
MH225 : Leucas mollissima Wall. ex Benth.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 420 |
| Synonym | : | Leucas decemdentata var. decemdentata; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Lamiaceae / Labiatae |
| Description | : | Herbs erect, 0.5-1.5 m tall. Stems slender, twisted, appressed tomentose-villous, much branched; internodes long. Petiole to 1 cm, densely tomentose; leaf blade ovate, 1.5-4 × 1-2.3 cm, gradually reduced at apex, densely villous-tomentose, corrugate adaxially, greenish white abaxially, base broadly cuneate to cordate, margin crenate-serrate, apex acute. Verticillasters axillary, widely spaced, 2-8(-10)-flowered. Calyx tubular, ca. 6 mm, truncate at mouth, densely pubescent outside, posterior part puberulent, anterior glabrous inside; veins conspicuous, villous; teeth 10, triangular-subulate, subequal, ca. 1 mm. Corolla white, yellowish, or reddish, ca. 1.3 cm, tube ca. 7 mm, puberulent near throat outside, obliquely villous-annulate on middle inside; lower lip spreading, ca. 1.5 × as long as upper lip; middle lobe largest, obcordate; lateral lobes oblong, pilose at base outside, glabrous inside. Nutlets dark brown, ovoid, triquetrous. Fl. May-Oct, fr. Oct-Nov. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Roadsides, grasslands, streamsides, |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Antimalarial and Antimycobacterium Activities
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| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Schensianol A; vanillin; Beta-hydroxy propiovanillone; (+)-syringaresinol; anisofolin A; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281489699_Leucas_mollissima
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200019776
- https://biodiversity.bt/species/show/5793 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Lamiaceae / Labiatae - Mint family |
| Genus | : Leucas R. Br. - leucas |
| Species | : Leucas molissima |