- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
Isodon ternifolius (D.Don) Kudô

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Suddee, S., A. J. Paton, & Parnell, J. (2004). A Taxonomic Revision of Tribe Ocimeae Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in Continental South East Asia I. Introduction, Hyptidinae & Hanceolinae. Kew Bulletin, 59(3), 337-378. doi:10.2307/4110949
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Bhutan, South China, Burma, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
- Ecology
- Open places in hill evergreen forest, dipterocarp-oak forest, deciduous forest, edges of evergreen forest; 400 - 2200 m.
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect undershrub or shrub up to 4 m tall
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate, in whorls of 3 - 4 or opposite and whorled on the same plant, chartaceous or coriaceous, lanceolate, ovate- lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 20 - 140 x 12 - 40 mm, apex acute, margin serrate, base cuneate, rugose and pilose above, villous-tomentose beneath, veins prominent beneath; petioles 0 to 5 mm long, tomentose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens included in anterior corolla lip; anterior pair inserted around the base of anterior corolla lip, pubescent at base; posterior pair inserted near the base of corolla tube, pubescent at base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx campanulate, c. 2 mm at anthesis, densely whitish-villous, tubular, 3- 5 mm long in fruit, inconspicuously 2-lipped; teeth minute, subequal, ovate-triangular, acute at apex; tube straight, 10-nerved, often grooved between longitudinal nerves, pubescent to villous, with sessile glands outside, not gibbous at anterior base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla white with purple dots on upper lip, declinate, 6- 7 mm long; posterior lip subequally 4-lobed, lobes rounded or obtuse at apex, densely villous, with sessile glands on back; anterior lip ovate-orbicular, 3 - 4 mm long, longer than posterior, concave, glabrous inside, glabrous at margin outside otherwise villous with sessile glands; tube 2 - 2.5 mm long, tubular, abruptly expanded above the narrow base and conspicuously gibbous on posterior side, pubescent on anterior side inside, pubescent, with or without sessile glands outside
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc with anterior side slightly developed, not exceeding ovary, the rest annular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style not or occasionally exceeding anterior corolla lip
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets brown, triangular- oblong, 2 - 2.5 mm long, smooth, conspicuously trigonous on upper half, acute at apex, producing mucilage when wet.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence terminal and axillary, composed of several dense villous-tomentose spike- like branches, forming a panicle; cymes dense, many- flowered, flowers always lying adjacent to axis of cyme; bracts ovate to narrowly so, adaxially rugose or pilose, abaxially tomentose; bracteoles linear or linear- lanceolate, 1 - 2 mm long, pubescent, caducous or persistent; pedicels 1 - 3 mm long at anthesis, 2 - 4 mm long in fruit, pubescent
- Morphology Stem
- Stems woody at base, branched or not, hollow, round-quadrangular with several longitudinal shallow grooves, villous- tomentose
- Phenology
- Flowering October - February, fruiting December - April.
- Type
- Nepal, Narainhetty, Buch.-Ham. s.n. (holotype BM!).
- Vernacular
- Burmese: Myatnaw (Shan), Hwa Lam Lau. Thai: Bo Sou Hao Vo (Chiang Mai), Se' Ma' (Chiang Rai). Vietnamese: Cay trong Tua.
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- Use
- In Thailand this species is used for decoction and ablutions. Water from the boiled rootstock is drunk as a cure for jaundice. In Burma the roots are used against itching.
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Isodon ternifolius (D.Don) Kudô appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Wallich, N. [2748], India | K001067826 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [2748], Myanmar | K001067823 | Yes | |||
Thompson, R. [267], Uttar Pradesh | K001067828 | holotype | Yes | ||
Brandis, D. [s.n.], India | K001067827 | Yes | |||
Wallich, C. [2748], Nepal | K001067820 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [2748], Uttar Pradesh | K001067819 | Yes | |||
Blinkworth, R. [2748], India | K001067822 | Yes | |||
Blinkworth, R. [2748], India | K001067821 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [2748], Assam | K001067824 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [2748], Assam | K001067825 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2748], India | Plectranthus ternifolius | K001117010 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2748] | Plectranthus ternifolius | K001117014 | Yes | ||
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 2748], India | Plectranthus ternifolius | K001117009 | Yes | ||
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 2748], India | Plectranthus ternifolius | K001117012 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2748], Myanmar | Plectranthus ternifolius | K001117013 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2748], Nepal | Plectranthus ternifolius | K001117008 | Yes | ||
Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 2748] | Plectranthus ternifolius | K001117011 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2748] | Plectranthus ternifolius | K001117015 | Yes |
First published in Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 2: 140 (1929)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Khanam, M. & Hassan, M.A. (2008). Lamiaceae Flora of Bangladesh 58: 1-161. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
- Suddee, S., Paton, A.J. & Parnell, J.A.N. (2004). A taxonomic revision of tribe Ocimeae Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in Continental South East Asia. I. Introduction, Hyptidinae & Hanceolinae Kew Bulletin 59: 337-378.
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