Kala Bhangra / Indian Catmint
Anisomeles indica
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- October-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Anisomeles indica
- Genus
- Anisomeles
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Mixed deciduous forests and wastelands
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia and China
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Gujarat, Assam, Odisha, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kala Bhangra itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem)recorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kala Bhangra itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- काला भंग्रा Kala bhangra, Gobara
- Nepali
- रातो चारपाते
- Bengali
- gobura, gopali, apang, গোলাপি গোবুরা
- Telugu
- adabeera
- Kannada
- ಮಂಗಮಾರಿ Mangamaari, ಹುಚ್ಚುಮುಟ್ಟೆ Hucchumutte, ಹೆಣ್ಣುಕರಿತುಂಬೆ Hennu kari tumbe
- Malayalam
- Chedayan, ചെടയൻ, ക്യാറ്റ്മിന്റ്
- Marathi
- गोपाली Gopali
About Kala Bhangra
Indian Catmint (Anisomeles indica) belongs to the Lamiaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu and 23 other states. It grows in mixed deciduous forests and wastelands. Flowering and fruiting run from October to April.
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Kala Bhangra belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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