Ajuga macrosperma Wall. ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Ajuga

Characteristics

A herb. It can be erect or lie along the ground. It sometimes forms stolons. The stems are 15-40 cm tall. Young parts have white hairs. The leaves are oval and 4-10 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The edges are wavy. There are 6-12 flowers in layers in the spike. The are in the axils of upper leaves. The flowers are tube shaped and blue.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.15
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in shady areas and in limestone forests between 400-2,600 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
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Shady areas in forests, limestone forests, ravines, grassy roadsides; at elevations from 400-2,600 metres. Moist, rocky places in Nepal.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

The leaves are used as a potherb.
Uses fodder medicinal potherb
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Colic (root), Abscess (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Burn (unspecified), Epistaxis (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Pneumonia (unspecified), Sore(Throat) (unspecified), Tonsillitis (unspecified), Trauma (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Analgesic (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified), Respiratory tract infections (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions 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

Flower

Ajuga macrosperma flower picture by phuentsho (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ajuga macrosperma world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:444616-1
WFO ID wfo-0000934390
COL ID BDPW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ajuga decumbens Ajuga macrosperma Ajuga repens Bulga macrosperma Ajuga macrosperma var. breviflora

Lower taxons

Ajuga macrosperma var. macrosperma Ajuga macrosperma var. thomsonii