Lamiaceae FAMILY
Elsholtzia pubescens
Elsholtzia pubescens
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Elsholtzia pubescens is an erect perennial plant with stems that often become more or less woody near the base and can persist; it can grow 100 - 200cm tall[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands)
HabitatOpen places, in grassfields, in Casuarina jimghuhniana forest often in masses, also in Eucalypt forest in Timor; at elevations from 1,000 - 2,950 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].