Mosla scabra (Thunb.) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Mosla

Characteristics

Stems 20-100 cm tall, much branched, densely pubescent. Petiole 0.3-1.6(-2) cm; leaf blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-3.5 × 0.9-1.7 cm, papery, abaxially gray, subglabrous or sparsely pubescent, densely impressed glandular, base rounded to broadly cuneate, margin serrate, apex acute to obtuse. Racemes 2.5-15 cm; bracts ovate, 2.7-3.5 mm, densely fine white pilose. Calyx ca. 2.5 × 2 mm, pilose outside, limb 2-lipped; upper lip teeth ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, middle tooth smaller; lower lip teeth linear, apex acute; fruiting calyx to 4 × 3 mm, distinctly veined. Corolla reddish, 4-5 mm, puberulent, hairy annulate near base inside, tube gradually dilated at apex, upper lip straight, middle lobe of lower lip crenate. Nutlets yellow-brown; globose, ca. 1 mm in diam., pitted with small depressions. Fl. May-Nov, fr. Sep-Nov.
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A herb. It grows 20-100 cm tall. It has many branches and is hairy. The leaves are oval to sword shaped and 1.5-3.5 cm long by 0.9-1.7 cm wide. They are grey underneath and have teeth around the edge. The nutlets are round and yellow-brown. They are 1 mm across.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system -
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows up to 1,100 m above sea level.
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Grassy slopes in lowland and hills all over Japan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The young leaves are cooked and eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Chill (unspecified), Parasiticide (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified), Wound healing (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
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Germination luminosity -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Mosla scabra world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:452218-1
WFO ID wfo-0000246375
COL ID 44G5F
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Mosla punctata Orthodon lanceolatus Orthodon scaber Mosla scabra Ocimum punctatum Ocimum punctulatum Ocimum scabrum Orthodon punctatus Orthodon punctulatus Perilla lanceolata Mosla lanceolata Mosla punctulata