Leucas stricta Bth.
Leucas stricta Bth.
Leucas stricta Bth.
MH370 : Leucas stricta Benth.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Leucas stricta var. clarkei (Hook.f.) S.R.Paul;
Phlomis stricta B.Heyne ex Hook.f.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Lamiaceae / Labiatae |
| Description | : | Erect, annual herbs, 15-25 cm high; stem and branches 4-gonous, pubescent and sparsely hispidly hairy with spreading hairs. Leaves 2.5-6.5 x 0.3-1.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate or linear, obtuse, entire or distantly serrulate, pubescent both sides and with scattered hairs on the veins, subsessile or shortly petioled. Flower-whorls upto 2 cm in diam., terminal, solitary, subtended by a whorl of floral leaves, rarely another whorl of flowers develops below the terminal one. Bracts 7-10 mm long, about as long as calyx, linear, rigid, ciliate. Calyx-tube 7-10 mm long, tubular to funnel-shaped, straight or slightly curved, ribbed, pubescent and with scattered long white hairs outside especially near the mouth, pubescent within; mouth suboblique; villi shorter than teeth; teeth 10, 2-4 mm long, subequal, subulate-acicular, ciliate; ribs 10, prominent within rather than outside, in continuation with 10 teeth. Corolla-tube included within the calyx; upper lip bearded with white hairs, shorter than lower. Nutlets ca 3 mm long, oblong, rounded at top, smooth, brown. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Dharni |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/263459 |
| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 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 stricta Bth. |