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Synonym
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Ocimum cordifolium Buch.-Ham.
ex D.Don |
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Family |
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Lamiaceae |
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Flowering
and fruiting period |
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August-November |
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Distribution |
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Sri
Lanka, India and Himalaya |
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Distribution
in Kerala |
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Alappuzha,
Kasaragode, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram |
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Habitat |
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Grasslands |
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Key botanical characters: Annual erect herbs; stem
4-angular, flaccid, sparsely pubescent. Leaves 3-11 x 3-9 cm, broadly
ovate,base cordate, margins broadly dentate, apex acute, sparsely pubescent;
petioles 3-8 cm long. Inflorescence terminal cymose panicles, 7-23 cm long.
Calyx 2-3 mm long, 2-lipped, campanulate. Corolla purplish; tube c. 2 mm
long, slender, inflated above; lower lip small, obtuse, upper lip elongate.
Fruiting calyx accrescent, upper lobe foliaceous, obtuse. Nutlets 4, oblong,
smooth.  |
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