Lamiaceae FAMILY

Leucas lavandulifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual

Growth—

The plant is becoming a serious weed in sugarcane fields in Malesia^[1], and is an occasional weed of cultivated areas, in dryland ricefields, and along roadsides in Fiji^[2]. The whole plant has a foetid smell^[3].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Leucas+lavandulifolia>

Pollinators

Bees, Moths, Flies

References

[1]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
[2]Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk — http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html ↩︎A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands.
[3]Flora Malesiana Series 1 — Various · Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch · http://www.archive.org ↩︎A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet
[4]Plants and People of Nepal — Manandhar. N. P. · Timber Press. Oregon. · 2002 · ISBN 0-88192-527-6 ↩︎Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses.
[PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎