Fairly common in open areas in some of the northern islands The plant is used for the treatment of fever, abdominal pain, skin sores, and snake .P /OAF bites. The leaves yield an essential oil which is antimicrobial and applied externally as an embrocation in rheumatic arthritis.
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The plant is used for the treatment of fever, abdominal pain, skin sores, and snake .P /OAF bites. The leaves yield an essential oil which is antimicrobial and applied externally as an embrocation in rheumatic arthritis. It is also used as a compound in cosmetics. The plant is burnt to act as a mosquito repellent. in of
family
Lamiaceae
synonym
Nepeta indica L., Anisomeles albiflora (Hassk.) Miq. is
description
Sub-shrubs, stem sub- quadrangular. Leaves ovate-lanceolate × to oblong-lanceolate, 3.6-16 1.3-7 cm, rounded at base, acute, crenate-serrate, slightly bullate and velvety, lanate above; petiole 0.7-3.5 cm long. Racemes to 35 cm long; verticils close, dense; peduncles densely lanate. Floral leaves 8-10 mm long. Calyx to 9 mm long. Corolla 1.4-2 cm long, pink, throat pilose with gland-tipped hairs. × Nutlets ovoid, 2.5 1.5 mm, trigonous, glabrous, blackish-brown.
native range
Southeast Asia
distribution
Southeast Asia to Australia
english names
Indian catmint
flowering fruiting
October - January
occurrence maldives
Fairly common in open areas in some of the northern islands