Microtoena insuavis
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Description
Herb 0.5-1 m.
Leaves chartaceous, ovate to broadly ovate, 7-10 by 4.5-7.5 cm (sometimes much smaller), serrate or crenate-serrate;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: India present; Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present); New Guinea absent, Batak Lands present, Burma present, East Java present, Lesser Sunda Is present, Mts Ungaran, Lawu, N. Ardjuno, Jang, Idjen present, N. Sumatra present, Preanger Mts present, S. China present, West Java present
From India through Burma to S. China; in Malesia: N. Sumatra (Batak Lands), Java (rare in West Java: Preanger Mts; more common in East Java: Mts Ungaran, Lawu, N. Ardjuno, Jang, Idjen), Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali). Not in New Guinea (KENG, l.c.).
Notes
Because of the strongly scented leaves, this plant is called the Chinese Patchouli by PRAIN (1907). Other patchoulis include the Indian or original Patchouli which is Pogostemon heyneanus BTH. and the Malayan Patchouli which is Pogostemon cablin (BLANCO) BTH. PRAIN suggested that Microtoena was originally introduced to Java, but it is certainly truly native.
Citation
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 148
KENG 1969: p. 117. – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: f. 21
Wu 1959 – In: Acta Phytotax. Sin.: 44
PRAIN 1902: Kew Bull. Misc. Inf.: 11
PRAIN 1890 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 310
PRAIN 1907 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 709
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 625
HSUAN 1965 – In: Acta Phytotax. Sin.: 46
DUNN 1915 – In: Not. R. Bot. Gard. Edinb.: 188
KUDO 1929 – In: Mem. Fac. Sc. & Agr. Taihoku Un.: 183
Ridl. 1923 – In: J. Mal. Br. R. As. Soc.: 85