✿Lamiaceae · Leucas
Hucchu Thumbe / Ceylon Leucas
Leucas zeylanica var. zeylanica
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Flowering
- May-July
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Leucas zeylanica var. zeylanica
- Genus
- Leucas
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Grassland
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mauritius, Philippines, China
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hucchu Thumbe 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 Hucchu Thumbe itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಹುಚ್ಚುತುಂಬೆ Hucchu thumbe
About Hucchu Thumbe
A member of the Lamiaceae family, Ceylon Leucas (Leucas zeylanica var. zeylanica) is a herb. It grows in grasslands, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from May to July.
Botanical family
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Hucchu Thumbe belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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