Flowers; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 8/1999 © Jörn Germer
Branch with flowers; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 8/1999 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 8/1999 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 773 Date of entry: 10.04.2008 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Ceylon slitwort
Mandarin: 绉面草 (zhou mian cao)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Lamiales (199)
Family: Lamiaceae (99)(family description)
Genus: Leucas (2)
Epithet: zeylanica (L.) R.Br. (3)
zeylanica => from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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