Naithumba / Four-Leaf Shrub-Mint
Pogostemon quadrifolius
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Puducherry, Meghalaya, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- August-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pogostemon quadrifolius
- Genus
- Pogostemon
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles in laterite hillocks
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Native to
- Indian subcontinent
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Southeast Asia to Malaysia
- Found in India
- Puducherry, Meghalaya, Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Leaves in whorls of fourrecorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Naithumba 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 Naithumba itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Naithumba
About Naithumba
A member of the Lamiaceae family, Four-Leaf Shrub-Mint (Pogostemon quadrifolius) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Puducherry, Meghalaya, Kerala and 1 other states. It grows in scrub jungles in laterite hillocks. Flowering and fruiting run from August to January.
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Naithumba belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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