Orthosiphon aristatus

 

Family: LAMIACEAE

Malayalam Name(s): Poochameesa

English name(s): Java tea

Habit: Herb

Flowering & Fruiting: September-December

Medicinal: Yes

Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains

Description: Diffusely branched perennial herbs. Leaves simple, opposite, 3-6.5 x 1.2- 3.5 cm, rhomboid to ovate-deltoid, apex acute, base cuneate, margins serrate from about the middle upwards, glandular-punctate beneath. Recemes 8-16 cm long; verticils lax; peduncle strigulose with purplish hairs; bracts c.1 x 2 mm, broadly ovate. Calyx tube to 3 mm long, 10-nerved; upper lip to 3 mm long, broadly ovate, purplish; lower lip longer. Corolla white, tomentose without; tube 1-1.5 cm long; upper lip orbicular; lower lip as long as upper, boat-shaped. Stamens exserted; filaments to 3 cm long. Nutlets c. 2 mm long, ovoid-oblong.

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