Hyptis capitata Jacq.

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Hyptis > H.capitata

Description: Shrubs, to 2 m tall; stem hollow when old, furrowed or obscurely 4-angled, puberulus. Leaves broadly elliptic to lanceolate, scabrid, nerves 5-7 pairs, oblique. Heads 1-2.5 cm across, on long peduncle, axillary and terminal. Flowers numerous, densely packed; calyx 7 mm long in fruit, glandular, lobes 5-7, acute to acuminate, united well above the middle; corolla 4 mm long, white. Nutlets smooth, black.

Flowering and Fruiting: September- October

Uses : Folk medicine

Cultivation: Wild

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org