Leucas lanata Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Leucas

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 40 cm tall. It has woolly hairs. The leaves have short stalks. The leaves are 2-3.5 cm long. There are coarse teeth along the edge. The flowers are small and white. They are in rings in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are 1 cm across and have 2 lips.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.45
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in the plains and hills. It grows between 700-3,000 m above sea level.
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Stony slopes and cultivated areas, 700-3000 metres from Kashmir to central Nepal and China.
Stony slopes and cultivated areas at elevations from 700-3,000 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The tender shoots are used as a vegetable.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves shoots
Therapeutic use Common cold (flower), Cough (flower), Cough (leaf), Dysentery (leaf), Fever (leaf), Furunculosis (leaf), Headache (leaf), Inflammation (leaf), Laxatives (leaf), Pregnancy complications (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Cough (shoot), Furunculosis (shoot), Cough (unspecified), Abdominal pain (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Antifungal agents (unspecified), Anti-infective agents, local (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Whooping cough (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified), Anti-inflammatory agents (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode 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

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Leucas lanata unspecified picture

Distribution

Leucas lanata world distribution map, present in Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:449404-1
WFO ID wfo-0000227035
COL ID 7248G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Marrubium mollissimum Leucas collina Leucas lanata Leucas lanata var. lanata Leucas lanata var. nagpurensis