Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbs, stem woody at base and rooting at lower nodes. Leaves oblong, obtuse, base truncate or obtuse, densely hoary tomentose, crenate-serrate, to 5 x 3 cm. Spikes solitary or 3, oblong, the middle one larger, to 4 x 1.2 cm. Calyx tubular, 4 mm long, puberulous. Corolla purple, throat very villous. Filaments glabrous. Seeds ovoid, dark brown, shining.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Field Tips
Stem obtusely quadrangular. Flowers turn purple when dry.
Flower
In terminal spikes, white tinged with pink. Flowering from October.
Fruit
A nutlet, erect. Seed 1, enclosed at the base of enlarged, persistent calyx. Fruiting from October onwards.
Leaf Apices
Sub acute
Leaf arrangement
Opposite decussate
Leaf Bases
Attenuate
Leaf Shapes
Ovate
Leaf Types
Simple
Habit
A small shrub.
Keystone Foundation
| Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Dry Deciduous to Moist Deciduous Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Rocky areas in moist deciduous forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Foothills, occasional, in shallow soil among rocks, on exposed slopes facing the plains. Peninsular India.
Keystone Foundation
| Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
India and Myanmar
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Kerala: Kollam, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram
Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, Kanniyakumari, Salem, Tirunelveli
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
- Anisochilus scaber Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 81.1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:629.1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1127(788). 1924; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 320. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 373. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 247. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 245. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 529. 2002; Suddee & Paton, Kew Bull. 64: 244. 2009.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
- Anisochilus scaber Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 81.1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:629.1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1127(788). 1924; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 320. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 373. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 247. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 245. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 529. 2002; Suddee & Paton, Kew Bull. 64: 244. 2009.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Lamiales |
| Family | Lamiaceae |
| Genus | Anisochilus |
| Species | Anisochilus scaber Benth. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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