Pan India Bouquets

Marrubium vulgare L.

Family : Lamiaceae
(Mint Family)
Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
Synonym(s) : Marrubium album Garsault; Marrubium apulum Ten.; Marrubium ballotoides Boiss. & Balansa; Marrubium germanicum Schrank ex Steud.; Marrubium hamatum Kunth; Marrubium hyperleucum Candargy; Marrubium uncinatum Stokes; Marrubium vaillantii Coss. & Germ.; Prasium marrubium E.H.L.Krause
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Marrubium vulgare L.
Common name : White Horehound, Common Horehound
Vernacular name : Pahari gandana (Hindi); Peppermentuchcheti (Tamil)
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Dry grassy loess and slopes of Himalaya
Comments / notes : The leaves and young shoots are harvested for medicinal preparations. Syrup made of the green fresh leaves and sugar is a most singular remedy against the cough and wheezing of the lungs.
Flower, Fruit : June-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, In
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Macaronesia, Europe, Mediterranean to West Himalaya and North and south America
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 199
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Marrubium vulgare. Downloaded on 1 December 2023.

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