Lamiaceae FAMILY
Pogostemon glaber
Pogostemon glaber
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Pogostemon glaber is an erect, perennial plant with stems that become more or less woody and persist; it can grow up to 200cm tall[ 1774 Title A taxonomic revision of Pogostemon (Lamiaceae) from China Publication Phytotaxa 200 1-67 Author Yao, G., Deng, Y.F. & Ge, X.J. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.200.1.1 Publisher Magnolia Press; Aukland Year 2015 ISBN 978-1-77557-650-1 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - Nepal, Banbladesh, northeast India, Myanmar, southeast China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
HabitatCommon in waste flats, ravines, thickets or forests, grass slopes, beside the stream or on road side; at an elevation from 400 - 2,700 metres[ 1774 Title A taxonomic revision of Pogostemon (Lamiaceae) from China Publication Phytotaxa 200 1-67 Author Yao, G., Deng, Y.F. & Ge, X.J. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.200.1.1 Publisher Magnolia Press; Aukland Year 2015 ISBN 978-1-77557-650-1 Description ].