Hyptis brevipes
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Description
Erect herb, 0.5-1.5 m, not aromatic.
Leaves membranaceous, narrowly lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 4-8 by 1-2.5 cm, acute or acuminate, base long cuneate, entire, margin elsewhere serrate, sparsely hispid on nerves on both surfaces;
Flowers in dense spurious heads, 0.6-0.8 cm Ø, in fruit 0.8-1.2 cm Ø, on axillary, hispid slender peduncles, 1-1.2 cm long.
Distribution
Malesia and other tropics present, Northern America
Native of Mexico, since long naturalized in and now found throughout Malesia and other tropics.
Uses
In Malaya the leaves are sometimes eaten. A decoction of the leaves is considered a protective medicine after childbirth; also used to drive out worms in children by application to the abdomen ().
Citation
BACK. & BAKH.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 634
BLANCO 1878: p. 251. – In: Fl. Filip., ed. 3: t. 204
MOR. 1846: Syst. Verz.: 54
POIT. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 107
STEEN. 1936: p. 4. – In: Trop. Natuur: f. 6
VIDAL 1885: Phan. Cuming. Philip.: 135
POIT. 1973: Atlas: t. 536
Hook.f. 1885 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 630
PRAIN 1907 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 704
Merr. 1929: Pl. Elm. Born.: 268
PRAIN 1907 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 705
EPLING 1949 – In: Rev. Mus. La Plata n.s.: 443
POIT. 1918: Sp. Blanc.: 338
Merr. 1906 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Suppl. 122
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 959
Merr. 1912: Fl. Manila: 409
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 416
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 153
MUKERJEE 1940 – In: Rec. Bot. Surv. India: 62
KUDO 1929 – In: Mem. Fac. Sc. & Agr. Taihoku Un.: 147
F.-VILL. 1880: Nov. App.: 164
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 984
BRIQ. 1898 – In: Ann. Cons. Jard. Bot. Genève: 227
COSTERUS & SMITH 1922 – In: Ann. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 28
BTH. 1833: Lab. Gen. Sp.: 105
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 645
HEND. 1950: p. 390. – In: Mal. Nat. J.: f. 360
BACK. 1931: Onkr. Suiker.: 565
KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 90
VIDAL 1886: Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip.: 213
POIT. 1938: p. 67. – In: Gard. Bull. S. S.: pl.