Microtoena insuavis (Hance) Prain ex Briq.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Microtoena

Characteristics

Herbs or subshrubs. Stems 1-2 m tall, appressed pubescent. Petiole 3-8.5 cm; leaf blade ovate to broadly ovate, 6-10 × 4.5-7.5 cm, papery, pubescent, densely so on veins, base broadly truncate-cuneate, decurrent into a winged petiole, margin serrate-crenate, apex acute. Cymes dichotomous with 1-sided branches, in open terminal panicles. Calyx ca. 2.5 × 1.5 mm, puberulent; teeth triangular-lanceolate, ca. 1/2 as long as calyx, posterior tooth somewhat longer; fruiting calyx dilated. Corolla red, purple on upper lip, ca. 1.4 cm, throat to ca. 3 mm wide; upper lip ca. 7 mm, base truncate, apex emarginate; lower lip longer, middle lobe ligulate, lateral lobes triangular. Nutlets ca. 1.2 × 1 mm in diam., slightly corrugate. Fl. Oct-Dec, fr. Dec-Jan.
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Herb 0.5-1 m. Stem and branches densely villose. Leaves chartaceous, ovate to broadly ovate, 7-10 by 4.5-7.5 cm (sometimes much smaller), serrate or crenate-serrate; adpressedly pubescent on both surfaces; acute, base rounded or subcordate, often abruptly cuneate; petiole slender, 1-7 cm. Paniculate thyrse, 10-35 cm. Bracts narrowly lanceolate, 2-5 mm. Calyx turbinate, 3-4 mm long, in fruit 6-7 mm, hirsute and glandular; teeth triangular, subequal. Corolla yellow or reddish, 12-16 mm, pubescent; upper lip reddish brown, hooded; lower lip shallowly 3-fid, the central lobe narrowly elliptic, laterally spreading. Nutlets ovoid, flattened, 1.5 by 1 mm, finely granular.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 1.5
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Environment

Damp forests, along riverbanks, waterfalls (Trawas), c. 1000-1700 m, but at Trawas waterfall below 1000 m. Fl. May-Oct.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Microtoena insuavis world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:451942-1
WFO ID wfo-0000244347
COL ID 73JT8
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Synonyms

Microtoena siamica Gomphostemma insuave Microtoena insuavis