Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene

  • जलबूटी Jalbuti, भू ओकरा Bhu Okra, छोटा ओकरा Chota Okra, जल बूटी Jal Buti, जल पिप्पली Jal Pippali, तान Taan, Frog Fruit, Turkey tangle, Creeping Lip Plant, Lippia, Sawtooth Fogfruit, Turkey Tangle Fogfruit, Wild Long Pepper
  • Lippia nodiflora, Verbena nodiflora, Platonia nodiflora
  • Jaipur, Rajasthan
  • Naturally grown
  • Herbs, perennial. Branches many, creeping, rooting at distal nodes, minutely strigose. Leaves subsessile; leaf blade spatulate, 1-3 X 0.5-1.5 cm, papery, pubescent, base cuneate, margin distally sharply serrate, veins inconspicuously 4-paired. Inflorescences cylindric to ovate capitula, 1-2.5 cm; peduncle 1-7 cm. Corolla pinkish purple or white, glabrous.

    Pic. Credit: Mehul Yadav

Plant Phenological Events

Month Phenological Events
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Systematic position

DivisionAngiosperm
ClassDicotyledons
Sub-ClassGamopetalae
SeriesBicarpellatae
OrdLAMIALES
FamilyVERBENACEAE
SpeciesPhyla nodiflora (L.) Greene
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