*Leucas lavandulifolia Sm(= **Leucas linifolia* (Roth) Spreng) - Leaves glabrous, calyx tube mouth oblique, no linear bracts. This is used for pooja in the south, leaves used in medicine; In Karnataka the leaves are used in cooking.
On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 7:36 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please in view of another > thread > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/WlIunMCOKcU>: > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Surajit ji ... about *L. lavendulaefolia* Nees ... please refer to this > post where Gurcharan ji has shed light. > (I had queried about *L. lavendulaefolia* Rees). > ... to me your posted plant is indeed *Leucas lavandulifolia* Smith ... > my learning from one of Vijayasankar ji's eye-opener ID - the link you > already mentioned above https://groups.google.com/ > forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/xNP-ZsaSudw/discussion. > Basing my ID by noting the calyx mouth. No ambiguity about the obliqueness > ... quite pronounced. > You may please yet wait for validating comments. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > I agree to both Dinesh ji and Surajit ji that it is *Leucas > lavandulifolia*. > Excellent pictures and nice observations... > Regards > Vijayasankar Raman > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > Date: 3 November 2012 at 07:15 > Subject: [efloraofindia:137171] Leucas lavandulifolia Smith ? from Hooghly > 3/11/12 sk1 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Good morning > > The book, "Plant Groups" mentions two *Leucas*, 1) *L. aspera* Spreng = *L. > mollisima* Wall. and 2) *L. linifolia* Spreng = *L. lavendulaefolia* Nees. > > Well, i have taken care while typing the above names, but there is no *L. > aspera* Spreng in the net, except some research papers on bio-chemical > aspects of *Leucas* did mention it. Neither could i find *L. > lavendulaefolia* Nees. > > I was about to id it *L. aspera* (Wild.) Link, but Vijay Sir is there - > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/xNP-ZsaSudw/discussion and > here - > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/zG-s7-wnhSQ/discussion ! > > Species : *Leucas lavandulifolia* Smith ? > H & H : small herb of about 1 foot beside rail tracks > Date : 3/11/12, 10.00 a.m. > Place : Hooghly > > But where are the *L. aspera* Spreng and *L. lavendulaefolia* Nees., > mistakes in printing or enties? > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
