Leucas nutans
Leucas nutans
MH226 : Leucas nutans (Roth) Spreng.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 421 |
| Synonym | : | Leucas decurva Benth.;
Phlomis nutans Roth.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | K- Umbi |
| Plant Family | : | Lamiaceae / Labiatae |
| Description | : | Annual. Stems erect, 4-25 cm, unbranched or with few lateral branches, leafy, with spreading firm, eglandular hairs. Leaves oblong-elliptic, cuneate, subentire to slightly crenate, 4 x 1 cm, with adpressed long eglandular hairs, dearly gland-dotted; petiole on lower leaves up to 1 cm, subabsent above. Verticillasters 2-4, distant, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, relatively lax, c. 12-24-flowered. Bracts narrow ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, equal to or somewhat shorter than calyces, ciliate on margins. Calyx c. 10 mm, tubular, prominently curved and almost reflexed in fruit, hairy in throat, with a somewhat oblique mouth, gland-dotted and with spreading eglandular hairs; teeth 10, unequal, narrow linear-lanceolate, acuminate mucronulate, longest teeth up to 2.5 mm. Corolla white 10-12 mm; upper lip short bearded; lower lip clearly longer than upper. Nutlets narrow oblong, scarcely trigonous, 2.5 x 1 mm, smooth. Fl. Per.: August-October. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: n-Hentriacontane; l-dotriacontanol; phytol; trans-phytyl palmitate; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250090549
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/266236
- Hasan M, Burdi DK, Ahmad VU. Diterpene fatty acid ester from Leucas nutans. J Nat Prod. 1991;54:1444_6. |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| 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 nutans |