✿Lamiaceae · Leucas
Longleaf Thumba
Leucas longifolia
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LinearrecordedVery long and narrow with roughly parallel sides.“Leaves are narrowly linear, blunt or somewhat pointed at tip.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Longleaf Thumba 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 Longleaf Thumba itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Longleaf Thumba
Longleaf Thumba (Leucas longifolia) belongs to the Lamiaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
Botanical family
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Longleaf Thumba belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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