Leucas biflora (Vahl) R.Br. ex Sm., Cycl. 20(2): 7 1812. (Syn: Blandinia biflora (Vahl) Raf.; Leucas biflora var. procumbens (Desf.) Gamble; Leucas procumbens Thwaites; Leucas procumbens Desf.; Nepeta indica Burm.f. [Illegitimate]; Phlomis biflora Vahl);
Two-Flowered Leucas • Marathi: जोड़ी बुरुंबी Jodi
burumbi ; TAXONOMIC STUDY OF THE GENUS LEUCAS R (Bangladesh- 2005)- (Keys- Leucas biflora, cephalotes, indica (syn. of Leucas lavandulifolia Sm. as per The Plant List), zeylanica, ciliata, aspera, vestita & mollissima (syn. of Leucas decemdentata var. decemdentata as per The Plant List) Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (Description & Keys- Leucas biflora, stricta, cephalotes, aspera, zeylanica & nutans)
Plant Wealth of the Lower Ganga Delta: An Eco-taxonomical Approach, Volume 2 By Kumudranjan Naskar(Description & Keys- Leucas lavendulaefolia (lavandulifolia), biflora var. procumbens, aspera, nutans & cephalotes) Diffuse or scandent herbs; branches finely pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate, acute, base obtuse, membranous, crenate, to 3.5 x 2 cm; petiole 0.5 cm long. Flowers solitary; calyx tubular, 7 mm long, finely strigose; corolla white, 1.4 cm long, annulate-villous inside at middle. Nutlets oblong, truncate. Flowering and fruiting: October-February Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Leucas biflora (Vahl) R.Br. [Lamiaceae]: Name: Leucas biflora (Vahl) R.Br.
Family: Lamiaceae Location: Sirumalai hills, Dindigul dist., TN
Alt: c. 1600 above mean sea level Date: 11 May 2011
Leucas biflora: sharing picture of Leucas biflora, Family : Lamiaceae Sindhdurg MH, Nov 2012 It is procumbent herb with cute flowers
Leucas Sp??: Came across this leucas sp. at Kulang gad (20-09-09). ..............looks like Leucas biflora Could this be Leucas lanata Benth.???, as in :- I take back my earlier comment, for i thought biflorus means two flowers as in - http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/go/841/#b. But, according to a pdf available/downloadable at http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/12044 L. biflora var. procumbens have whorl of 1 to 6 flowers. This confirms ... ID.
Species : Leucas biflora (Vahl) R.Br. ex Sm.? H & H : wild creeper beside railway track Date : 4/11/12, 11.10 a.m. Place : Hooghly A pdf available at the http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/12044 gives description of L. biflora and/or its variety. I am positive about L. biflora Yeah it is Leucas biflora :)
Habitat- wild Habit - herb Family-lamiaceae Flower white 2 to 4 axillary leaf opposite height about 25 cm
Fwd: ID: JP280212 : Attachments (4). 10 posts by 5 authors. need help with Identification Date of siting: 8 Jan 2012 Plant: 1 site banks of Godavari date of siting: small creeper 2-4 feet green herbaceous opposite leaves bluntly serrate margins flowers in clusters of 3 white tomentose ... looks like species of Leucas (family: Lamiaceae) thank u ... I never knew there were climbers in Leucas I too had no idea that Leucas has climbing species. ... oh, I could be wrong here! The flower with the signature tuft made me guess it as Leucas. Let us wait for comments. Interesting! Obviously some Lamiaceae. Eager to know about this. Is it really a climber? ... you forgot to reduce the size of images. It is taking too much time to open the images esp with slow computers Yes ... i too am eagar to know..... i think, it was a small climber because i had seen it climing on near by larger erect herbs (but may be this is not the criteria for confirming it was a climber, so i may be wrong) sorry for uploading heavy images. am reloading the lighter ones thank you for the field botany course information. I am intrested in attending it but not sure if i can make it from Nashik. I agree with ... id. It may be Leucas biflora, a trailing herb (not climber!). I tried to check out the L. biflora but thought that the leaves of the plant were different than that of these. I have pasted some URLs of Leucas biflora which make me think that this is a different plant http://gallery.bizhat.com/showphoto.php?photo=37733&title=leucas-biflora&cat=1429 I tried to check out a paper published in the Indian Journal of traditional Knowledge which exibits a few photographs of Leucas biflora var procumbens. these photos are similar to the ones i have clicked. I am sorry for the earlier mail. but your as well as ... inferences seem to be correct. thank you for helping out with this one. the url for the paper:
Family: Lamiaceae Date: 10th January 2015 Place: Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala Habit: Herb Sir, is it Leucas chinensis? Look is Leucas biflora Leucas biflora as suggested by ... fits quite well sir. Please see Leucas chinensis has a straggling habit and is an undershrub according to
Sharing picture of Leucas biflora Photographed :Sindhudurg MH
Lamiaceae (incl. Vebenaceae) Fortnight 1-14May2014: Leucas for ID from Uttarakhand DSR May 3/3 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) This Leucas was photographed in Almora district at an elevation of 800m. It is Leucas biflora A wild plant with tiny white flowers seen today (22.11.20) in Nasik. Leucas angularis ?? Thanks … You could be correct. I did not think of Leucas. I think Leucas biflora as per images and details herein. It is L. biflora. I too agree with … References:
The Plant List Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal Bizhat Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (Description & Keys- Leucas biflora, stricta, cephalotes, aspera, zeylanica & nutans) Plant Wealth of the Lower Ganga Delta: An Eco-taxonomical Approach, Volume 2 By Kumudranjan Naskar(Description & Keys- Leucas lavendulaefolia (lavandulifolia), biflora var. procumbens, aspera, nutans & cephalotes) |
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