Leucas zeylanica
Leucas zeylanica
Leucas zeylanica
MH227 : Leucas zeylanica (L.) W.T. Aiton
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 422 |
| Synonym | : | Leonurus marrubiastrum Burm.f.;
Leonurus parviflorus Moench;
Leucas bancana Miq.;
Leucas indica (L.) Sm.;
Leucas malayana Hance.;
Leucas zeylanica (L.) R. Br.;
Leucas zeylanica var. linearis L.H.Cramer.;
Leucas zeylanica var. zeylanica.;
Leucasia zeylanica (L.) Raf.;
Phlomis gracilis (L.) Salisb. [Illegitimate];
Phlomis indica L.;
Phlomis octodentata Stokes.;
Phlomis zeylanica L.;
Spermacoce denticulata Walp.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Ceylon slitwort |
| Plant Family | : | Lamiaceae / Labiatae |
| Description | : | Herbs erect, ca. 40 cm tall. Stems hispid-villous or villous-hirsute. Petiole ca. 5 mm; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 3.5-5 × 0.5-1 cm, sparsely strigose, densely so on veins and densely yellowish glandular abaxially, base cuneate-attenuate, margin remotely crenate-serrate above base, apex acuminate, lateral veins 3 or 4 pairs. Verticillasters ca. 1.5 cm in diam., subequal, few flowered, sparsely hispid; bracts linear, mostly shorter than calyx tube, apex somewhat spinescent. Calyx tubular-campanulate, slightly curved, basally glabrous, slightly corrugate, sparsely hispid at apex outside, minutely hispid inside, veins inconspicuous, not hispid; mouth oblique, slightly constricted; teeth 8 or 9, spinescent, ca. 1 mm. Corolla white or white with purple spots, ca. 1.2 mm; tube slender, straight, slightly enlarged, densely villous near throat, subglabrous at base outside, villous annulate inside; lower lip ca. 2 × as long as upper lip, spreading, lateral lobes ovate; middle lobe largest, elliptic, undulate on margin. Nutlets chestnut brown, ellipsoid, subtriquetrous, shiny. Fl. and fr. year round. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Leaves is used for sores of eyes and nostrils. A poultice for scabies, itches, headaches, vertigo, and colic. Also used as a vermifuge with children. fever, jaundice, and for scorpion and snake bites. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - 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=2&taxon_id=200019779
- http://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/flora_malesiana/node/4751
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/263464
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ceylon%20Leucas.html |
| 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 zeylanica |