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Guhya Silam (Nepali: गुह्य सिलाम्)

Lamiaceae (mint family) » Plectranthus mollis

 

plek-TRAN-thus -- from the Greek plektron (spur) and anthos (flower), referring to the spurred flowers

MAW-liss -- soft

 

commonly known as: heart-leaved mintleaf, soft-stem mintleaf • Kannada: ನೊಣಕಸ nonakasa • Malayalam: perim-tolassi • Marathi: लाल अघाडा laal aghaadaa • Nepalese: गुह्य सिलाम् guhya silam • Oriya: gondri

 

Native of: India, Sri Lanka

 

 

References: Flowers of IndiaeFloraENVIS - FRLHT

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Uploaded on October 18, 2011
Taken on October 15, 2011