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| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
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Botanical name: Leucas hirta Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Synonyms: Leucas helianthemifolia, Phlomis hirta
Synonyms: Leucas helianthemifolia, Phlomis hirta
Hairy Leucas is an erect herb, with branches covered
with reflexed hairs. Leaves are 5-6 x 1.5 cm, elliptic, blunt, pointed
at base, distantly rounded toothed, hairy above, densely woolly
beneath; leaf-stalk 8 mm long. Flowers are borne in heads at
branch-ends; bracts 10 x 1 mm, linear, bristly. Flowers are 15-30 in a
head; sepal-cup tube 7 mm long, white, densely hairy outside. Flower
tube is 5 mm long, upper lip notched, white, hairy, midlobe of lower
lip notched. Hairy Leucas is native to Peninsular India. Flowering:
September-December.
Medicinal uses:
The tribal groups of the Western Ghats use the leaves
as antiseptic, wound healer in septic wounds, in treating fever, cough,
snake bite, and liver disorders.
Medicinal uses:
The tribal groups of the Western Ghats use the leaves
as antiseptic, wound healer in septic wounds, in treating fever, cough,
snake bite, and liver disorders.
| Identification credit: N Arun Kumar, Ashutosh Sharma | Photographed near Yelahanka, Bengaluru. |
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