Leucas zeylanica
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Description
Annual herb, 20-60 cm, often branched.
Leaves membranaceous, lanceolate, 4-5.5 by 1-1.3 cm, acuminate, base attenuate, entire;
Flowers subsessile, in terminal verticillasters, usually 6-8 forming a globular head, 1.5-2 cm Ø, occasionally also axillary verticillasters occur below.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Sulawesi (Sulawesi), East Malesia present, S. and SE. Asia present
Throughout S. and SE. Asia, throughout Malesia, but rather few collections from Borneo and East Malesia, not yet collected in Celebes.
Uses
In spite of the disagreeable smell of the plant and the very bitter taste, it is sometimes used in Bali as a vegetable (in sajor), cf. . Furthermore the sap of the leaves is used for sores of eyes and nostrils. A poultice for scabies, itches, head-aches, vertigo, and colic. Also used as a vermifuge with children.
Citation
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 623
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 146
R.BR. 1973: Atlas: t. 526
R.BR. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 411
PRAIN 1907 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 718
BTH. 1834: Lab. Gen. Sp.: 614
Hook.f. 1885 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 689
BURK. 1935: Dict.: 1338
KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 101
MANSFELD 1929 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 378
R.BR. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 531
HALL.f. 1898 – In: Bull. Herb. Boiss.: 617
QUIS. 1951: Medic. Pl. Philip.: 821
BACK. 1931: Onkr. Suiker.: 555
WALP. 1846 – In: Repert.: 29
BARTLETT 1926 – In: Pap. Mich. Ac. Sc.: 35
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 984
Merr. 1929: Pl. Elm. Born.: 268
KOORD.-SCHUM. 1910 – In: Syst. Verz.: fam. 254, p. 3
F.-VILL. 1880: Nov. App.: 113
K.SCH. & LAUT. 1905: Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb.: 373
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 982
SPRENG. 1825 – In: Syst.: 742
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 650
HEND. 1950: p. 392. – In: Mal. Nat. J.: t. 362
Merr. 1917: Int. Rumph.: 457