Description
Erect, branching, perennial herbs.
Flowers in large terminal panicles and smaller axillary cymes.
Stamens 4, in 2 pairs, ascending under the upper lip, two upper ones slightly longer;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present), Indo-Himalaya present, S. China present
About 6 spp. in Indo-Himalaya, Indo-China, and S. China; in Malesia: 1 sp. in Java and Bali.
Citation
HSUAN 1965 – In: Act. Phytotax. Sin.: 41
KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 117
PRAIN 1890 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 310
BRIQ. 1896 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4: 269
PRAIN 1895 – In: Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr.: 417
