✿Lamiaceae · Salvia
Moroklei / Red Sage
Salvia coccinea
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Salvia coccinea
- Genus
- Salvia
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grown as garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Cultivated in most parts of the world
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Broad, triangularrecorded
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“The hairy leaves, scalloped on the edges, are pea green, varying in size, all the way up to 3 in (7.6 cm) long and 2 in (5.1 cm) wide.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Moroklei itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Moroklei itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Manipuri
- ꯃꯣꯔꯣꯛꯂꯩ Moroklei
About Moroklei
Red Sage (Salvia coccinea) belongs to the Lamiaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and 4 other states. It is grown as garden plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Moroklei belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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