Typical of the Lamiaceae family
Salvia coccinea
Moroklei / Red Sage ꯃꯣꯔꯣꯛꯂꯩ
Manipuri name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Moroklei 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Manipuri | ꯃꯣꯔꯣꯛꯂꯩ | Moroklei |
See the original recorded names
- Manipuri
- ꯃꯣꯔꯣꯛꯂꯩ Moroklei
Toxicity & contact hazards
What the sources report, with their scope intact. A missing rating stays unknown; a non-toxic listing doesn’t rule out irritation, injury or other hazards.
Reported toxicity
ASPCA lists scarlet sage (Salvia coccinea) as non-toxic to dogs, cats and horses.
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP records it as introduced in India Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: SE. U.S.A. to N. Argentina.
- Recorded habitat
- Grown as garden plant
- Explore nearby plants
- Karnataka →Kerala →Tamil Nadu →
Occurrence records show where a plant has been recorded; they do not establish that it is native there. Compare local habitat and growing conditions when choosing plants for a garden.
How to identify Moroklei
Identify Moroklei by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Broad, triangular.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent.
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Lamiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Moroklei.
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
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
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Moroklei itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
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.
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Moroklei belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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