Guma / Lavender-Leaved Leucas
Leucas lavandulifolia
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Assam, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Leucas lavandulifolia
- Genus
- Leucas
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Rocky areas in moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia, East Asia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Assam, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Manipur, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Guma 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 Guma itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- गुमा Guma, हलकुसा Halkusa
- Nepali
- गुम्मी Gummi
- Bengali
- দন্ডকলস Dandakalas, মধুফুল Madhuphul, শ্বেতদ্রোণ Shbetadrona
- Tamil
- தும்பை Tumbai
- Telugu
- పూలతుమ్మి Pulatummi
- Kannada
- ದೆವ್ವ ತುಂಬೆ Devva Tumbe, ಗಂಟುತುಂಬೆ Gantutumbe, ಹಸಿರು ತುಂಬೆ Hasiru Tumbe
- Malayalam
- രുദ്രപുഷ്പം Rudrapushpam, തുമ്പ Tumba, Rudraspushpam
- Marathi
- कुवा Kuva
About Guma
Lavender-leaved leucas (Leucas lavandulifolia) belongs to the Lamiaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Assam, Maharashtra and 9 other states. It grows in rocky areas in moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Guma belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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