Pogostemon cablin

Botanical Description

Pogostemon cablin is an aromatic, erect, much-branched, herbaceous plant or shrub that can grow to a height of 50 - 150cm[ 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. , 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 ] This plant is the source of a well-known, highly valued and very fragrant essential oil, which also has medicinal applications. The plant is widely cultivated for this oil in the tropics, especially in India[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. , 238 Title Encyclopaedia of Herbs and their Uses. Publication Author Bown. D. Publisher Dorling Kindersley, London. Year 1995 ISBN 0-7513-020-31 Description A very well presented and informative book on herbs from around the globe. Plenty in it for both the casual reader and the serious student. Just one main quibble is the silly way of having two separate entries for each plant. ].