Ajuga integrifolia Buch.-ham.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Ajuga

Characteristics

A low herb. It lies on the ground and forms roots at the nodes. It is covered with soft hairs. Stems grow 40 cm tall. The leaves are broadly sword shaped and have coarse teeth along the edge. Flowers are pale blue or white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Moist ground and grassy slopes, often along tracksides, at elevations of 700-4,000 metres in Nepal. Stream banks; shaded ravines; open grassland; clearings; rice-fields; coffee estates, mostly in damp places; to 200 metres in Indonesia.
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Moist ground and grassy slopes, often along tracksides, at elevations of 700-4,000 metres in Nepal. Stream banks; shaded ravines; open grassland; clearings; rice-fields; coffee estates, mostly in damp places; to 200 metres in Indonesia.
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in wetter areas. It grows between 1,500-3,200 m above sea level.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anthelmintics (leaf), Astringents (leaf), Burns (leaf), Diabetes mellitus (leaf), Diuretics (leaf), Fever (leaf), Furunculosis (leaf), Gonorrhea (leaf), Hematologic diseases (leaf), Inflammation (leaf), Jaundice (leaf), Leukorrhea (leaf), Malaria (leaf), Respiratory tract diseases (leaf), Sexually transmitted diseases (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Anthelmintics (root), Cathartics (root), Conjunctivitis (root), Hematologic diseases (root), Malaria (root), Snake bites (root), Aperient (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Amenorrhea (unspecified), Anti-arrhythmia agents (unspecified), Antineoplastic agents (unspecified), Antirheumatic agents (unspecified), Astringents (unspecified), Cardiotonic agents (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Insecticides (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Amenorrhea (whole plant), Antipyretics (whole plant), Antirheumatic agents (whole plant), Astringents (whole plant), Diuretics (whole plant), Gout (whole plant), Laxatives (whole plant), Paralysis (whole plant), General tonic for rejuvenation (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Ajuga integrifolia habit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Ajuga integrifolia habit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Ajuga integrifolia habit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

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Ajuga integrifolia leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Flower

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Ajuga integrifolia flower picture by bimbi bimbi (cc-by-sa)
Ajuga integrifolia flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ajuga integrifolia world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Argentina, China, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:444595-1
WFO ID wfo-0000934091
COL ID 65V5X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ajuga alba Ajuga bracteosa Ajuga remota Ajuga crenata Ajuga densiflora Ajuga hyosciami Ajuga bracteosa var. canescens Ajuga bracteosa var. crenata Ajuga bracteosa var. alba Ajuga integrifolia var. canescens Ajuga remota var. canescens Ajuga bracteosa var. densiflora Ajuga bracteosa f. alba Ajuga integrifolia