Plectranthus galeatus
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Description
Erect or ascending, sparsely branched, slender herb, up to 1.5 m.
Leaves varying from oblong to broadly ovate, mostly ovate, 6—12(—18) by 3—8(—13) cm, acute or acuminate, base rounded or shortly cuneate, sub-entire, margin elsewhere irregularly crenate, glabrous above, pubescent on the nerves below;
Flowers 5-8 (rarely up to 15) in short, stalked cymes disposed in terminal and axillary thyrses;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), E. Kutei present, East Java present, Kinabalu area present, Lesser Sunda Is present
Malesia: Sumatra (rare), Java (becoming rare in East Java), Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali), Borneo (Kinabalu area and E. Kutei).
Citation
HASSK. 1844: Cat. Hort. Bog.: 129
BTH. 1918 – In: Fl. Tjibodas: fam. 254, p. 93
RENDLE 1925 – In: J. Bot.: Suppl. 82
HASSK. 1844: Cat. Hort. Bog.: 129
BOERL. 1899 – In: Handl.: 714
STEEN. 1972: Mt. Fl. Java: pl. 24-5
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 955
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 76
HASSK. 1844: Cat. Hort. Bog.: 129
Bl. 1826: Bijdr.: 836
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 637
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 951
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 75
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 156
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 75
KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 60
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 954
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 156