Not oregano, Aarti ji. Though not familiar with oregano plants, looked up for other names of oregano, to check for patchouli. The plants of oregano look different from the posted one, to me.
Patchouli - the true patchouli is *Pogostemon cablin* (and its varieties), native of Phillippines, Malaysia and cultivated elsewhere. There is false patchouli (inferior to true in terms of the properties of oil) - also known as Java patchouli OR Indian patchouli - Pogostemon heyneanus, native to India, Sri Lanka and s-e Asia; cultivated elsewhere. If the guide's information is incorrect, yet this plant is most likely some species of *Pogostemon*. Regards. Dinesh On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote: > Dinesh ji, > I'm not a botany expert but can this be Oregano by anty chance? > Since you mentioned Spice Plantation, a wild guess. > Aarti > > On Jan 25, 8:09 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear friends ... ID please. > > *Place*: at Tropical Spice Plantation (~ 350 ft asl), Ponda, Goa. > > *Time*: December 29, 2011 at 1.43pm > > *Habit*: herb, about 3 ft high > > *Habitat*: cultivated in a spice farm > > > > The guide at the spice farm gave the name *patchouli* - surprisingly was > > not aware of the scientific name. > > > > Regards. > > > > P1490327.jpg > > 141KViewDownload > > > > P1490315.jpg > > 179KViewDownload > > > > P1490317.jpg > > 116KViewDownload > > > > P1490320.jpg > > 118KViewDownload > > > > P1490326.jpg > > 131KViewDownload
