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<big>''[[Leucas zeylanica]]'' (L.) R.Br.</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Prodr. 504 (1810).
== Vernacular names ==
*Indonesia: paci-paci (Sundanese, Balinese), brobos (Javanese), daun heran (Moluccas)
*Malaysia: katumbit, ketumbak, daun luka-luka (Peninsular)
*Philippines: guma-guma (Sulu), masibulan (Gaddang)
*Cambodia: man mac
*Thailand: thian taak (south-eastern), yaa prik (peninsular)
*Vietnam: mè dất, mè hoang, bạch thiệt.
== Distribution ==
''L. zeylanica'' is widely distributed throughout South and South-East Asia, but is rather rare in East Asia.
== Uses ==
In Malesia, the leaves of ''L. zeylanica'' may be taken as a sedative, and to heal wounds. The entire plant is rubbed on the abdomen after childbirth. The leaves are also used as an anthelminthic. The whole herb has a bitter taste, but is still locally used as a pot herb.
== Observations ==
An annual herb, 20-60 cm tall, stem and branches hispid; leaves lanceolate, 4-5.5 cm × 1-1.3 cm, margins remotely serrate, membranaceous, hirsute on both surfaces, petiole 0.2-0.8 cm long, hispid; inflorescence composed of terminal verticillasters, flowers usually 6-8, forming a globular head, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, occasionally also with axillary verticillasters, bracts linear, 4-5 mm long, spinescent, calyx turbinate, 5-6 mm long, in fruit 7-8 mm, slightly curved, hispid, 10-veined and 8-toothed, posterior one only slightly longer, mouth slightly oblique, corolla 8 mm long, tube with a hairy ring near the middle, upper lip obovate, white-woolly, lower lip patent, 3-4 mm long; nutlets obovoid, 3 mm × 1 mm, apex truncate, ventral surface angular, dorsal side rounded, smooth and shiny, dark brown or black. ''L. zeylanica'' is a weed of sunny dry localities, often on sandy soils, paddy dams, waste places, roadsides, from the lowland up to 1000 m altitude.
== Selected sources ==
74,
* Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1948-1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials & industrial products. 11 volumes. Publications and Information Directorate, New Delhi, India.788, 810.
== Authors ==
Marfu’ah Wardani
[[Category:Medicinal plants (PROSEA)]]
[[Category:PROSEA]]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Leucas zeylanica'' (PROSEA)}}
<big>''[[Leucas zeylanica]]'' (L.) R.Br.</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Prodr. 504 (1810).
== Vernacular names ==
*Indonesia: paci-paci (Sundanese, Balinese), brobos (Javanese), daun heran (Moluccas)
*Malaysia: katumbit, ketumbak, daun luka-luka (Peninsular)
*Philippines: guma-guma (Sulu), masibulan (Gaddang)
*Cambodia: man mac
*Thailand: thian taak (south-eastern), yaa prik (peninsular)
*Vietnam: mè dất, mè hoang, bạch thiệt.
== Distribution ==
''L. zeylanica'' is widely distributed throughout South and South-East Asia, but is rather rare in East Asia.
== Uses ==
In Malesia, the leaves of ''L. zeylanica'' may be taken as a sedative, and to heal wounds. The entire plant is rubbed on the abdomen after childbirth. The leaves are also used as an anthelminthic. The whole herb has a bitter taste, but is still locally used as a pot herb.
== Observations ==
An annual herb, 20-60 cm tall, stem and branches hispid; leaves lanceolate, 4-5.5 cm × 1-1.3 cm, margins remotely serrate, membranaceous, hirsute on both surfaces, petiole 0.2-0.8 cm long, hispid; inflorescence composed of terminal verticillasters, flowers usually 6-8, forming a globular head, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, occasionally also with axillary verticillasters, bracts linear, 4-5 mm long, spinescent, calyx turbinate, 5-6 mm long, in fruit 7-8 mm, slightly curved, hispid, 10-veined and 8-toothed, posterior one only slightly longer, mouth slightly oblique, corolla 8 mm long, tube with a hairy ring near the middle, upper lip obovate, white-woolly, lower lip patent, 3-4 mm long; nutlets obovoid, 3 mm × 1 mm, apex truncate, ventral surface angular, dorsal side rounded, smooth and shiny, dark brown or black. ''L. zeylanica'' is a weed of sunny dry localities, often on sandy soils, paddy dams, waste places, roadsides, from the lowland up to 1000 m altitude.
== Selected sources ==
74,
* Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1948-1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials & industrial products. 11 volumes. Publications and Information Directorate, New Delhi, India.788, 810.
== Authors ==
Marfu’ah Wardani
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