✿Lamiaceae · Orthosiphon
Jyoti / Pale Piccadill
Orthosiphon pallidus
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- August-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Orthosiphon pallidus
- Genus
- Orthosiphon
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Distribution
- India, Balochistan, Bangladesh
- Found in India
- Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jyoti itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jyoti itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- ज्योती Jyoti
- Sanskrit
- अर्जक Arjaka, श्वेत कुठेरक Shveta-Kutherak
About Jyoti
Pale Piccadill (Orthosiphon pallidus) is a low shrub in the Lamiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and 2 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Botanical family
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Jyoti belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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