Typical of the Lamiaceae family
Pogostemon quadrifolius
Naithumba / Four-Leaf Shrub-Mint
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Puducherry, Meghalaya, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- August-January
Naithumba in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Malayalam | Not recorded | Naithumba |
See the original recorded names
- Malayalam
- Naithumba
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Assam, India Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: SW. & SC. India, Assam to China (S.Yunnan) and Myanmar.
- Recorded habitat
- Scrub jungles in laterite hillocks
- Explore nearby plants
- Puducherry →Meghalaya →Kerala →
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How to identify Naithumba
Identify Naithumba by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Leaves arranged in fours around the stem.
- Confirm leaf shape: Leaves in whorls of four.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Puducherry, Meghalaya, Kerala, Karnataka.
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
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
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Naithumba itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
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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