[image: Leucas montana (Roth) Spreng.]
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/50702447621/>

*LOO-kus* -- from the Greek *leukos* (white) ... Dave's Botanary
<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Leucas>
*MON-tah-nuh* or *mon-TAY-nuh* -- of the mountains ... Dave's Botanary
<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=montana>

*commonly known as*: mountain leucas • *Bhojpuri*: gitil arak • *Marathi*:
डोंगरी बुरुंबी dongari burumbi • *Telugu*: కొండ తుమ్మి konda thummi


*botanical names*: *Leucas montana* (Roth) Spreng. ... *synonyms*: *Leucas
hamiltoniana* Benth. • *Phlomis montana* Roth ... status at *The Plants
List* (2013). Version 1.1.
<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-111809?ref=tpl1>
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
*mountain leucas*

   - common name given for want of name; derived from scientific name

~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~
*gitil arak*

   - Checklist of Wild Edible Plants of Bihar, India
   
<https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Checklist-of-Wild-Edible-Plants-of-Bihar%2C-India-Fatma-Pan/ee04f8da3d355e863f4f9f8c530e430bc4199291>
   by Nasheez Fatma and T.K. Pan
   - or *gital arak* ... Monograph on Indian *Leucas* R.Br. (Dronapushpi)
   Lamiaceae by V. Singh

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
*डोंगरी बुरुंबी dongari burumbi*

   - regional name given for want of name
   डोंगरी dongari = hilly, preferred habitat of this plant; बुरुंबी burumbi
   = generic name for some *Leucas* spp.

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
*కొండ తుమ్మి konda thummi*

   - Herbarium JCB - Flora of Peninsular India
   <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=5018&cat=7>
   - కొండ konda = hill; తుమ్మి thummi = generic name for some *Leucas* spp.

~~~~~ x ~~~~~
Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2020/12/leucas-montana-roth-spreng.html
Regards.
Dinesh

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