✿Lamiaceae · Pogostemon
Pacche Kadiru / Patchouli
Pogostemon heyneanus
UndershrubMedicinal
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- November-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pogostemon heyneanus
- Genus
- Pogostemon
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pacche Kadiru 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 Pacche Kadiru itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- கதிர்ப்பச்சை Katir-P-Paccai
- Kannada
- ಪಚ್ಚೆ ಕದಿರು Pacche Kadiru, ಪಚ್ಚೆ ಕೊರಳು Pacche Koralu, ಪಚ್ಚೆ ತೆನೆ Pacche Thene
- Marathi
- पाच Pach
About Pacche Kadiru
A member of the Lamiaceae family, Patchouli (Pogostemon heyneanus) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to March.
Botanical family
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Pacche Kadiru belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
Explore the Lamiaceae family →Snap it. Know it.
Point your camera at Pacche Kadiru or any plant and SASYA identifies it instantly — on-device, offline, and private.