WorldFloraDB - Pogostemon menthoides

Characteristics

Herbs procumbent or diffuse, perennial. Stems ascending, branched, purplish, basally rooting adventitiously, apex glandular hairy. Petiole 1-4 cm; leaf blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2-5.5(-8) × 1.2-3.2 cm, ± membranous or papery, strigose or subglabrous, base rounded to subcordate, margin serrate to double serrate, apex acute to acuminate; lateral veins ca. 3-paired, rather conspicuous. Thyrse terminal, 5-16 cm, interrupted, glandular hairy, pubescent; verticillasters 5-11-flowered; peduncle 2.5 cm or more; bracteoles subsubulate, almost as long as pedicels, rigidly ciliate. Pedicel 2-4 mm. Calyx subtubular, 4-5 mm, glandular hairy, hirsute, ± 2-lipped, throat densely hispid annulate; teeth subulate to linear-subulate, margin minutely hispid, 3 of upper lip wider, 2 of lower lip slightly longer. Corolla purplish to 2 × as long as calyx, lobes subequal. Stamens bearded. Nutlets subglobose, flattened, adaxially veined. Fl. and fr. Mar-Apr.

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Erect branched herb, 0.5-1 m. Branches pubescent. Leaves thick-membranaceous, lanceolate to ovate, 1—5(—8) by 0.7-3(-5)cm, acute, base acute or rounded, often slightly oblique; margin often doubly serrate or incised-serrate in larger ones; sericeous on both surfaces; petiole 0.5-1 cm, pubescent. Spicate raceme terminal, solitary, 3-15 cm long; verticillasters 3-12-flowered, evenly apart. Bracts linear, minute. Calyx campanulate, strigose, 4-4.5 mm long, in fruit 5-5.5 mm, 5-(occasionally 7-)toothed; teeth lanceolate, sharply pointed, often spreading. Corolla white and violet, or reddish, 6-7 mm long, 2-lipped, sparingly puberulent. Filaments exserted, bearded below the middle. Nutlets subglobose, 0.6 by 0.5 mm, obscurely 3-angular, black, finely reticulate.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

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Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

0.5 - 1.0

Root system

adventitious-root

Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

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Blooming months

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Fruit color

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Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

In deep shade of rainforest, often along trails, also in elfin forest and in Casuarina forest, 1000-2200 m. Fl. Jan.-Dec.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses. The fragrant leaves are in Java sometimes laid between clothes as a repellent to insects.

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:454869-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000279708
COL ID	77SKP
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pogostemon menthoides

WorldFloraDB 2024

Pogostemon menthoides Blume

Species