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Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link
Synonym
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Leucas
dimidiata (Roth)
Spreng.
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Family
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Lamiaceae
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Local name
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English
-Thumba
Malayalam
- Thumba, Chiruthumba
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Flowering and fruiting period
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September-January
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Distribution
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Indo-Malesia
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Distribution in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Deciduous forests and
wastelands
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Uses
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The plant has antifungal,
antioxidant, antipyretic, antimicrobial, antinociceptive and cytotoxic
activities. It is used to treat scorpion bites.
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Key
Botanical Characters:
Erect hirsute herbs to
40 cm tall. Leaves simple, opposite, linear-lanceolate,
apex acute, base cuneate, margin distantly serrate, puberulous, petiole 3 mm
long. Verticils terminal and axillary; bract linear, equalling calyx, hirsute.
Calyx 6 mm long, tubular, 10-ribbed, upper half strigose without, glabrous
below; mouth oblique, 10-toothed; teeth unequal, posterior the longer,
linear. Corolla white; upper lip 3 mm long, villous without; lower lip 7-8 mm
long. Stamens 4. Style 8 mm long.
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