Leucas lavandulifolia Sm.

LOO-kus -- from the Greek leukos (white) ... Dave's Botanary
lav-an-dew-lee-fol-ee-a -- with leaves similar to the genus Lavandula (lavender) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: lavender-leaved leucas • Assamese: দোৰোণ doron • Bengali: দন্ডকলস dandakalas, মধুফুল madhuphul, শ্বেতদ্রোণ shbetadrona • Gujarati: ઝીણાં પાનનો કૂબો zina panno kubo • Hindi: गुमा guma, हलकुसा halkusa • Kachchhi: સનેપનજો ગુમુ sanepanjo gumu • Kannada: ದೆವ್ವ ತುಂಬೆ devva tumbe, ಗಂಟುತುಂಬೆ gantutumbe, ಹಸಿರು ತುಂಬೆ hasiru tumbe, ಹೆದ್ದುಂಬೆ heddumbe, ಕರ್ಜಾಲಿಗಿಡ karjaligida • Konkani: तुंबो ತುಂಬೊ tumbo • Malayalam: രുദ്രപുഷ്പം rudrapushpam, തുമ്പ thumba • Manipuri: ꯃꯌꯡꯂꯝꯕꯨꯝ mayanglambum • Marathi: कुवा kuva • Nepali: गुम्मी gummi • Odia: ଗୟସ gayasa • Sanskrit: द्रोणपुष्पी dronapushpi, रुद्रपुष्प rudrapushpa • Tamil: தும்பை tumbai • Telugu: పూలతుమ్మి pulatummi • Tulu: ಮಲ್ಲ ತುಂಬೆ malla thumbe


botanical names: Leucas lavandulifolia Sm. ... homotypic synonyms: Leonurus indicus L. • Leonurus malebaricus J.Koenig ex Rottb., nom. illeg. • Leucas indica (L.) Vatke, nom. illeg. • Leucas malabarica W.Theob. ... heterotypic synonyms: Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng. • Phlomis linifolia Roth ... and many more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

lavender-leaved leucas

• name derived from the epithet lavandulifolia, for want of name, meaning - plant with leaves similar to those of the genus Lavandula (lavender)

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

দোৰোণ doron

• Baree - The Home Garden of Assam

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

দন্ডকলস dandakalas, মধুফুল madhuphul, শ্বেতদ্রোণ shbetadrona

• Many thanks to Jayantanath Sarkar for help with these names ... facebook

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

ઝીણાં પાનનો કૂબો zina panno kubo

• Many thanks to Viplav Gangar for the help with the name ... efloraofindia ... કૂબો kubo = the generic name for species of Leucas; ઝીણાં પાનનો zina panno = linear-leaved
• Biological Diversity of Gujarat - Published by Gujarat Ecology Commission
• for Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng. ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

गुमा guma, हलकुसा halkusa

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• गुमा guma = the generic name for species of Leucas

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

સનેપનજો ગુમુ sanepanjo gumu

• for Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng. ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
• Patel, Yatin & Patel, Rohitkumar & Pankaj, Joshi & Dabgar, Yogesh. (2011). Study of the Angiospermic flora of Kachchh district, Gujarat, India. Life sciences Leaflets. 19. 739-768.

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ದೆವ್ವ ತುಂಬೆ devva tumbe

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• ತುಂಬೆ tumbe = the generic name for species of Leucas; ದೆವ್ವ devva = God ... flowers of this plant, used for worship

ಗಂಟುತುಂಬೆ gantutumbe

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
• ತುಂಬೆ tumbe = the generic name for species of Leucas; ಗಂಟು gantu = the node of plant stem, where branches and leaves grow; in context of this plant (though not limited to this plant alone), the dense cluster of flowers at the node is eye-catching

ಹಸಿರು ತುಂಬೆ hasiru tumbe

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• ತುಂಬೆ tumbe = the generic name for species of Leucas; ಹಸಿರು hasiru = green, fresh

ಹೆದ್ದುಂಬೆ heddumbe

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

ಕರ್ಜಾಲಿ ಗಿಡ karjali gida

• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
• for Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

तुंबो ತುಂಬೊ tumbo

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
• for Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

രുദ്രപുഷ്പം rudrapushpam

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

തുമ്പ thumba

• Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... efloraofindia
• for Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• തുമ്പ thumba = the generic name for species of Leucas

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

ꯃꯌꯡꯂꯝꯕꯨꯝ mayanglambum

• Flowers of India
• The Economic Plants of Manipur and their Uses, S. Sukumar Singh (Manipur, 2006)

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

कुवा kuva

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

गुम्मी gummi

• for Leucas indica (L.) Vatke, nom. illeg. ... Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ଗୟସ gayasa

• for Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng. ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

द्रोणपुष्पी dronapushpi

• for Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng. ... Sanskrit Dictionary

रुद्रपुष्प rudrapushpa

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• for Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

தும்பை tumbai

• for Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
• தும்பை tumbai = the generic name for species of Leucas

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

పూలతుమ్మి pulatummi

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ಮಲ್ಲ ತುಂಬೆ malla thumbe

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... named so, for being larger or greater Leucas, larger habit than that of Leucas aspera

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in States and Union Territories of India ~~~~~

throughout plains of India

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 16.3; last update Aug. 5th, 2023. Last accessed 08/08/2023.

~~~~~ Variant Spellings ~~~~~

• lavandulifolia = lavandulaefolia

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Lamiaceae Labiatae annual herb "Leucas lavandulifolia" "Leucas lavandulaefolia" "Hetrepta lavandulifolia" "Leonurus indicus" "Leonurus malebaricus" "Leucas brownii" "Leucas indica" "Leucas linifolia" "Leucas malabarica" "Phlomis linifolia" "lavender-leaved leucas"