Lamiaceae FAMILY

Anisomeles malabarica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Malabar catmint is an aromatic, perennial plant with woolly stems, growing from 50 - 150cm tall[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The stems often become woody and persist[ 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 in traditional medicine[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - south India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea to northern Australia.

HabitatOpen, often waste places, mostly under seasonal climatic conditions, at low elevations[ 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 ].