Plectranthus javanicus
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Description
Herb or undershrub, 0.8-2 m, often much-branched, fetid when bruised but not aromatic.
Leaves membranaceous, ovate to oblong-ovate or rhomboid, 2-5(-8) by l-2.5(-5)cm, acuminate, base acute or rounded, entire;
Flowers in lax, lateral stalked cymes and forming large compound terminal panicles, 20-30 (or more) cm long.
Stamens free, filaments pubescent below, included in the lower lip of corolla.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present); Philippines (Philippines present), Flores present, Karo present, Lesser Sunda Is present, Lombok present, Mt Kerintji present, N. Luzon present, N. Sumatra present, Sumbawa present, Timor present, from Mt Gedeh eastwards present
Malesia: N. Sumatra (Karo, Mt Kerintji), Java (from Mt Gedeh eastwards), Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor), and the Philippines (N. Luzon).
Citation
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 418
Merr. 1910 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 382
HASSK. 1844: Cat. Hort. Bog.: 129
STEEN. 1934 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 222
STEEN. 1934 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 222
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 636
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 154
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 155
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 69
KOORD.-SCHUM. 1910 – In: Syst. Verz.: fam. 254, p. 8
Koord. 1902 – In: Nat. Tijd. N. I.: 218
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 155
KOORD.-SCHUM. 1910 – In: Syst. Verz.: fam. 254, p. 8
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 946
STEEN. 1972: Mt. Fl. Java: pl. 25-2
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 154
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 945
KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 142