Hyptis brevipes Poit.
Family
Labiatae
Synonyms
None
Vernacular Names
| Malaysia | Sawi enggang, sawi hutan, ati-ati puteh (Peninsular). |
| Indonesia | Boborongan, genggeyan (Sundanese), godong puser (Javanese). |
| Thailand | Chat pra in (southern). |
| Vietnam | [es] cu[oos]ng ng[aws]n. |
Geographical Distributions
Native to Central America, but naturalized pantropically, and throughout Indo-China, Thailand and Malaysia.
Description
H. brevipes is an erect herb up to 150 cm tall and not aromatic.
The leaves are narrowly lance-shaped to ovate-oblong, 4-8 cm x 1-2.5 cm.
The inflorescence is dense, its sub-globular spurious head is about 1 cm in diametre with peduncle up to 1 cm long. Flowers are with subtubular sepal, up to 4 mm long while petal is up to 4 mm long.
Flower is white but yellowish at lower lip.
Ecology / Cultivation
H. brevipes occurs in waste places, mainly under per-humid climatic conditions up to 1200 m altitude; it is often abundant in fallow rice fields.
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References
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Plant Resources of South-East Asia No.12(3): Medicinal and poisonous plants 3.
