✿Lamiaceae · Leucas
Kaadu Tumbe / Hairy Leucas
Leucas hirta
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- September-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Leucas hirta
- Genus
- Leucas
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Grasslands and shola forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kaadu Tumbe itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- 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 Kaadu Tumbe itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡುತುಂಬೆ Kaadu tumbe
About Kaadu Tumbe
Hairy Leucas (Leucas hirta) belongs to the Lamiaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It grows in grasslands and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to April.
Botanical family
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Kaadu Tumbe belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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