Biology:Pogostemon travancoricus
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Short description: Species of plant
| Pogostemon travancoricus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Pogostemon |
| Species: | P. travancoricus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pogostemon travancoricus Bedd.
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Pogostemon travancoricus is a species of flowering plant growing in southern Western Ghats.[1][2]
Description
It is a shrub growing up to 2 ft in height. Stem is woody below. Branches are quadrangular and hairy. Leaves are ovate with acute apex and rounded base, crenate- serrate and minutely pubescent above and scabrous below. Flowers are funnel shaped, tube protruding from the sepal tube. Petals are velvet-hairy. Stamens are 1.2 cm long, hairless and prominently protrude out. Calyx is 7 mm long and 12 ribbed. Yellow corolla is 10 mm long with obtuse lobes.[2][3]
Range
Southern Western Ghats.[2]
Habitat
Open areas in evergreen forests.[2]
References
- ↑ "Pogostemon travancoricus" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/994121-Pogostemon-travancoricus.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Pogostemon travancoricus Bedd. | Species" (in en). https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/251225.
- ↑ "Pogostemon travancoricus - Travancore Shrub-Mint". https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Travancore%20Shrub-Mint.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q15353936 entry
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