| Assam Patchouli |
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| File size | 260093 |
| Original date | 11/30/02 12:00 AM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/295s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Microtoena patchoulii Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Synonyms: Microtoena insuavis, Microtoena cymosa, Plectranthus patchoulii
Synonyms: Microtoena insuavis, Microtoena cymosa, Plectranthus patchoulii
Assam Patchouli is a herbs 1-2 m tall, with
spreading hairs, velvety, base somewhat woody, much branched. Stalks of
stem leaves are 1.5-4 cm, blade usually triangular-ovate, 2.5-9 ×
2-7.5 cm, bristly, densely so below on veins, base broadly wedge-shaped
to heart-shaped, margin coarsely toothed, tip pointed. Flowers are
borne in 1-sided cymes in leaf axils or in panicles at branch ends.
Floral leaves are 0.8-2.1 x 0.3-1.5 cm, gradually reduced toward stem
end, bracts linear, about 2-3 mm. Sepal cup is about 3 x 1.7 mm,
densely glandular velvety and hairy, teeth subequal, lanceolate, to as
long as calyx. Fruiting calyx is dilated, conspicuously netted. Flower
are about 1.5 cm, hairless, mouth about 3 mm wide. Upper lip are purple
or brown, about 7 mm, base flat, tip notched. Lower lip is oblong,
middle lobe narrowly ligulate, about 0.7 x 0.4 mm; lateral lobes ovate,
about 2 mm wide. Nutlets are black-brown, triquetrous, ovoid, about 1.6
x 1.3 mm, smooth. Assam Patchouli is found in forests, open grassy
slopes in NE India, China and Myanmar, at altitudes of 1100-2000 m.
Flowering: October-February.
Medicinal uses: 
Assam Patchouli is an aromatic herb used for coughs, asthma, abdominal
pain, and enteritis.
Assam Patchouli is an aromatic herb used for coughs, asthma, abdominal
pain, and enteritis.
| Identification credit: P. K. Singh | Photographed in Imphal, Manipur. |
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