Roylea cinerea (D.Don) Baill. , Hist. Pl. 11: 26 1892. (Syn: Ballota cinerea D.Don; Phlomis calycina Roxb.; Roylea calycina (Roxb.) Briq.; Roylea elegans Wall. ex Benth.); Common name: Ashy Roylea • Hindi: kararoi tila
pati, patkarru, titpatti; Medium sized shrub reaching 1.7 m with finely tomentose branches; leaves opposite, ovate, crenate, up to 2.5-4 cm long, sparsely hairy on upper surface, hairy and gland-dotted beneath; flowers in axillary clusters, white, tinged with pink; calyx tube cylindric, 10-nerved, 6-8 mm long, lobes oblong, obtuse, persistent in fruit, 6-9 mm long; corolla limb 2-lipped, upper lip entire, erect, lower 3-lobed, middle lobe longest; stamens 4, in unequal pairs under the upper lip, lower pair longer; nutlets truncate. Decoction of leaves is used as tonic and febrifuge.
This shrub was recorded from Chakrata area, though not much common there.. Roylea cinerea.. Roylea cinerea (D. Don) Baill. A shrub with hairy, petiolate leaves, leaf blade ovate, deeply crenate; inflorescence upto 6-flowered thyrsoid cyme; calyx tubular, 5-lobed, lobes equal or subequal, oblong-elliptic, narrowed at base;* *corolla* *strongly 2-lipped, pink to white.
Here are mine pics from same place Location Kalatope, Chamba Altitude 1200 mts Habit herb Habitat wild Height 24-30 inches Season April This one is for sure Roylea cineraria....Lamiaceae, a plant much disccused earlier. Here are the links to older threads These are fruits with persisting calyx. Persisting calyx either provide protection to the fruit at the young stage or if it still persist while dispersal it facilitates wind dispersal. Here I think it is a wind dispersed fruit. syn: Ballota cinerea D. Don; Roylea elegans Wall.; R. calycina Briq. Common names: Hindi: Patkarru Punjab: kaur, kauri Kumaon: Titpati, karanoi Medium sized shrub reaching 1.7 m with finely tomentose branches; leaves opposite, ovate, crenate, up to 2.5-4 cm long, sparsely hairy on upper surface, hairy and gland-dotted beneath; flowers in axillary clusters, white, tinged with pink; calyx tube cylindric, 10-nerved, 6-8 mm long, lobes oblong, obtuse, persistent in fruit, 6-9 mm long; corolla limb 2-lipped, upper lip entire, erect, lower 3-lobed, middle lobe longest; stamens 4, in unequal pairs under the upper lip, lower pair longer; nutlets truncate. Decoction of leaves is used as tonic and febrifuge. Photographed from Morni in April and Chakrata area in September. Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Lamiaceae-Roylea cinerea from Chakrata and Morni--GSMAY146/149 : 1 post by 1 author. Roylea cinerea (D. Don) Baillon, Hist. Pl. 11: 36. 1891 syn: Ballota cinerea D. Don; Roylea elegans Wall.; R. calycina Briq. Common names: Hindi: Patkarru Punjab: kaur, kauri Kumaon: Titpati, karanoi Medium sized shrub reaching 1.7 m with finely tomentose branches; leaves opposite, ovate, crenate, up to 2.5-4 cm long, sparsely hairy on upper surface, hairy and gland-dotted beneath; flowers in axillary clusters, white, tinged with pink; calyx tube cylindric, 10-nerved, 6-8 mm long, lobes oblong, obtuse, persistent in fruit, 6-9 mm long; corolla limb 2-lipped, upper lip entire, erect, lower 3-lobed, middle lobe longest; stamens 4, in unequal pairs under the upper lip, lower pair longer; nutlets truncate. Decoction of leaves is used as tonic and febrifuge. Photographed from Morni in April and Chakrata area in September.
Thanks ... and ..., this shrub has finally been identified as Roylea cinerea
Attached are pictures of Roylea cinerea captured at MNP in April 2014.
Plant For ID : MNP,Mumbai : 270414 : AK-24 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). A cultivated, potted plant, could be a medicinal plant, at the Maharashtra Nature Park. It might be Orthosiphon stamineus, (Cat's whiskers) Lamiaceae Can it be Roylea elegans, a medicinal plant I had seen at the Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan? The leaves look similar. Yes it looks Roylea cinerea (Lamiaceae). Thanks a lot for confirming the id.
Again a very common shrub from Morni Hills.. Roylea cineraria... References:
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