Lamiaceae FAMILY
Pogostemon brachystachyus
Pogostemon brachystachyus
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Pogostemon brachystachyus is an annual plant growing from 20 - 70cm tall. The stems are usually branched, they can be erect or procumbent and forming new roots at the leaf nodes[ 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 - northeast India, Myanmar, southern China
HabitatThickets, roadsides, slopes on hills, and forests; at an elevation from 1,100 - 2,600 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 ].