Pogostemon heyneanus
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Description
Erect branching herb, 0.5-1.5 m high.
Leaves thin-membranaceous, ovate to broadly ovate, 5-8 by 3.5-5.5 cm, acute, base broadly cuneate, often slightly oblique, entire, margin elsewhere crenate or double-crenate;
Paniculate inflorescence 6-10 cm long, terminal;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sarawak present); Malaya present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Ceylon present, Continental SE. Asia present, Mindanao present, Palawan present, Panay present, SE. Borneo present, West Java present
Ceylon and continental SE. Asia; in Malesia: Sumatra, Malaya, West Java, Borneo (Sarawak; SE. Borneo), Philippines (Palawan, Panay, Mindanao). Possibly not native in Malesia, Also cultivated.
Uses
According to BURKILL & HANIFF () a decoction of the leaves is used in Malaya against coughs and asthma. A decoction of the roots is sometimes administered for dropsy. HEYNE (l.c. 1332) says that flowering plants contain a volatile oil smelling like patchouli, but apparently it has never been grown for the oil. In Mindanao leaves are applied to wounds. HARTLEY () listed this species as a possible anti-cancer medicine.
Citation
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 153
HEYNE 1927: Nutt. Pl.: 1332
KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 152
F.-VILL. 1880: Nov. App.: 164
Merr. 1912 – In: Philip. J. Sc: Bot. 346
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 647
BTH. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 414
PRAIN 1907 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 707
QUIS. 1951: Medic. Pl. Philip.: 830
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 961
BURK. 1935: Dict.: 1783
BTH. 1833: Lab. Gen. Sp.: 154
MUKERJEE 1940 – In: Rec. Bot. Surv. India: 71
BACK. & BAKH.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 633
BTH. 1908: Kew Bull.: 78