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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH408 : Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R.Br.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Lamiales
Family : Lamiaceae / Labiatae - Mint family
Genus : Leucas R. Br. - leucas
Species : Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R.Br.
Plant Location in Melghat : Koktu  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Labiatae  
 
Plant Common Name : Whitewort
 
Synonym : Clinopodium martinicense Jacq.
Leonotis caribea (Jacq.) Raf.
Leucas elliotii Baker.
Leucas ringoetii De Wild.
Leucas schimperi Hochst. ex A.Braun, nom. nud.
Phlomis caribaea Jacq.
Phlomis martinicensis (Jacq.) Sw.
Phlomis mollis Schumach. & Thonn.
Stachys fluminensis Vell.
Description : an erect annual herb, up to 1 m tall. Usually unbranched stems are finely hairy. Leaves are oppositely arranged, ovate to ovate- lanceshaped, 4-6 × 1.5-3 cm, margins coarsely toothed. Tiny white flowers are borne in interrupted roundish clusters, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, along the stem. In fruit, the clusters grow to 3 cm in diameter. Long thistle-like sepals give the flower-clusters a hairy appearance. Flowers small, white tinged red, slightly protruding, slender, about 8 mm. Tube is about 7 mm, slightly dilated in throat. Lower lip is spreading, with lobes oblong. Nutlets are dark brown, oblong-ovoid, 1.5 mm, shiny. Flowering: September-October.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : An infusion of the leaves is used to treat gastro-intestinal troubles. In general, the crushed leaves of Leucas species are applied to wounds, sores, especially those of the eyes and nose, chronic skin diseases, such as psoriasis and scabies. The crushed leaves are also used to treat mild fevers, colds, rheumatism and snake bites, and as a decoction against roundworm, mainly for children
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : 1-hepten-3-ol
germacrene D
Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :

~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631