Gopoli / Malabar Catmint
Anisomeles malabarica
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- October-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Anisomeles malabarica
- Genus
- Anisomeles
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia to Australia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Telangana, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gopoli 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 Gopoli itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Gopoli, Codhara
- Tamil
- Peyimarutti, பெருந்தும்பை
- Telugu
- Moga-biran, Mogabheri
- Kannada
- ಗಂಡುಕರಿತುಂಬೆ Gandu kari tumbe, ಗಂಡುಬೀರನಗಿಡ Gandubirana gida, ಮೊಗವೀರಚೊಟ್ಟು Mogaveerachettu
- Malayalam
- Perumtumpa, Karintumpa
- Marathi
- गोजिभा Gojibha, Gojibha
About Gopoli
Malabar Catmint (Anisomeles malabarica) belongs to the Lamiaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 4 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from October to December.
Uses
It is long used in traditional medicine, planted as an ornamental and distilled for an aromatic oil. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Gopoli belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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